desert
noun
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.
am deserting
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present progressiveof desert (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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"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 Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
"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 Robert Black
All, all the fault is mine; it would take too long to explain, you wouldn't believe me—you couldn't—and so I am deserting you.
From Cytherea by Joseph Hergesheimer
“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 W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner
"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 Helen Leah Reed
