the present

noun

grammar

: a verb tense that is used to refer to the present time

Examples of the present in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Forgetting the past and merely assessing the present, the Bengals are contenders and should be viewed as such. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

That conflict constitutes both the present and the future of America’s culture war. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Nigerian sibling directors Arie and Chuko Esiri have adopted a nonlinear structure that collapses the past into the present—a correlative to the stream-of-consciousness that makes adapting Virginia Woolf such a daunting task for any filmmaker. — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Nor could Grossman write about collaborators or the punishment battalions composed of convicts that were used as cannon fodder (one of many parallels between the conduct of the Soviet army and the present-day Russian military in Ukraine). — Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the present

• unpleasant
• omnipresent
• peasant
• pheasant
• pleasant