pump
noun
an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
will be pumping
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future progressiveof pump.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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In oil and gas, it has pledged to prioritise less carbon-intensive projects which will be pumping for a shorter time.
From Reuters ● Jun. 7, 2022
“Your adrenaline will be pumping, heart pounding, and you may feel strange. But don’t worry — you can do this!”
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2020
“I would say that doesn't go away. So I know that once I get inside the ropes, the adrenalin will be pumping a little extra.”
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
Later, a waste management crew will be pumping out standing water to open sewer drains.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jul. 15, 2012
And all the while the alternations in the primary coil will be pumping currents, as it were, round and round the ring of molten iron.
