treat
verb (used with object)
to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way.
am treating
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present progressiveof treat (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 am treating myself as an exception, a special case.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020
“I’ve got to think about, even in my own business, how I am treating my employees, how we’re running and operating this business,” Mr. Jones said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2018
“I am treating this as an experiment that we have the luxury to watch from a distance,” outgoing Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart told The Wall Street Journal in a recent interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2016
Patients ask this from time to time, belying a real fear that their doctor has given up, so I answer seriously, “I promise you, I am treating you with the most intensive cocktail available.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2016
“I am treating his child for a scorpion sting.”
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
