Sentence examples for I am rubbing from inspiring English sources
The phrase "I am rubbing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is describing the action of rubbing something, such as a surface or an object. Example: "I am rubbing the lotion into my skin to keep it moisturized."
From Noël Coward ("I'll follow my secret heart / my whole life through") to Cole Porter ("Do I love you? / Do I? / Does July need a sky of blue?") on up to Neil Tennant ("You smile / and I am rubbing my eyes / At a dream come true") and the Magnetic Fields ("Amazing / he's a whole new form of life / Blue eyes blazing / And he's going to be my wife"), there's an embarrassment of homosexual riches.
There I was, rubbing elbows with Willie Mays, Stan Musial.
I don't know about you, but I'm rubbing my thighs in excitement already.
"I'm rubbing my head and it felt like a chemical burn.
Perhaps I was rubbing shoulders with someone who wants to kill me".
The wood was becoming vibrant, as if I were rubbing life into it.
I like that, he said in the hospital, where I was rubbing his feet which were dry and smelled a bit.
by Sharon Levy I like that, he said in the hospital, where I was rubbing his feet which were dry and smelled a bit.
One minute, I was rubbing shoulders with dot-com billionaires, oil industry barons and sleek investment bankers, in an Alpine village set among the pristine snow fields.
"My little boy just got a Nintendo, and my wife says I'm rubbing off on him because he's getting upset and throwing the remote.
"The fact remains that I was rubbing shoulders in daily life with people who in secret were making judgments about whether or not I was going to be allowed to be published and read in South Africa".
