manipulate
verb (used with object)
to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner.
am manipulating
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present progressiveof manipulate (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 can tell she thinks that I am manipulating him and that I am doing a good job of it.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Although it might appear that I, the visitor, am manipulating Mersey to speak the thoughts I wished to communicate, the facts are almost the opposite.
From The Inhabited by Richard Wilson
I have never known him howl when I am manipulating that instrument.'
From Settling Day by Nat Gould
