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am nourishing
  • present progressive of nourish (1st person singular).

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I am aware, indeed, in part, that I am nourishing a rival who will far surpass me; and this is an additional motive, and will be an added pleasure.

From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.

I am aware, indeed, in part, that I am nourishing a rival who will far surpass me; and this is an additional motive, and will be an added pleasure.’

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

I am aware indeed, in part, that I am nourishing a rival who will far surpass me; and this is an additional motive, and will be an added pleasure.'

From Adonais by Shelley, Percy Bysshe

I reproach myself that I am deceiving him, that I am nourishing in his heart a vain hope.

From Egmont by Swanwick, Anna