venture
noun
an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one.
am venturing
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present progressiveof venture (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 venturing to address you, Lord Mandeleys," he began, "upon a personal subject."
From The Wicked Marquis by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
But I fear I am venturing too far into the region of conjecture.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
You see, I am venturing to advise you now, as you advised me yesterday.
From The Ivory Child by Henry Rider Haggard
Some gentlemen, I see, think that I am venturing on dangerous ground.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
The inconsistencies of the Christian life are what my text, in the application that I am venturing to make of it, suggests to us.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren
