am treading
- present progressive of tread (1st person singular).
Example Sentences
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I fear I am treading on very delicate ground; but your appearance is extremely youthful; and if I may ask how many—?
From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard
I know I am treading on dangerous ground, but I have very good authority for the whole of the following notes relating to it.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
I turned aside, and walked in mystery; and it seems to me I am treading now the valley of the shadow of death.
From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
I am treading upon the broken remnants of an escutcheon.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
When referring to the many pitiful letters I have received from poor human beings thus situated, I realize that I am treading on sacred ground.
From How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" by Hinkle, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark)
