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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It is a great emergency this, and since we have met here I am venturing to ask for your advice.
From The Traitors 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
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
In making the concluding statement of the last paragraph I am venturing, of course, upon very debatable ground.
From The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly
Its contents ran thus: “Dear Miss Cynthia, “Being the fortunate recipient of the card placed in a strawberry basket, and bearing your name, I am venturing to answer it.
From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon
