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Saying you’ve compromised with them is like me saying that as I sit here typing this I am compromising with gravity.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2019

I will see her once, and once only—to give her a decent reason for not calling again—that I understand I am compromising her good name, or something of the sort.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

"Do not suppose that I am compromising myself by telling you that the sum may possibly be recovered," said Jacques Collin, making the judge understand that he saw his suspicions.

From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de

Of course, I am compromising your disguise by thus speaking to you.

From By Right of Sword by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)

It is you whom I am compromising, Raisine.

From Yvette by Maupassant, Guy de