court
am courting
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present progressiveof court (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When she wrote about her time living with Sachs, Leduc admitted that she bored him with her piteous tales about her childhood, but also wrote, “I am courting him with my misfortunes.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
I am courting Miss Sally, and such a loan would be irregular.
From Kilo : being the love story of Eliph' Hewlitt, book agent by Butler, Ellis Parker
"There was no need to tell her that, wife; she knows I am courting her this twelvemonth."
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles
Well, mademoiselle, these two consent; but what do you say? for after all, it is you I am courting, and not them.
From White Lies by Reade, Charles
"There was no need to tell her that, wife, she knows I am courting her this twelvemonth."
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
