am deserting
- present progressive of desert (1st person singular).
Example Sentences
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"I feel almost as if I am deserting my post," she told him, with a rather piteous smile.
From The Top of the World by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
“I––I feel that––that I am deserting you, 307 that you trusted me to help you with a splendid work,” she said, with head bent down.
From The Peace of Roaring River by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
"Faith, sir," was the answer, "I am deserting; I'm getting tired of being always beaten."
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert
"They must be nearer war in Washington than we are here, for I can contemplate an Artists' Festival without feeling that I am deserting my country in its hour of need."
From Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah
"Bonjour, Sir Dennis; sorry I am deserting the villa as you are making your entree."
From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg
