violate
verb (used with object)
to act against (a law, principle, promise, agreement, instruction, etc.); break, transgress, or fail to honor.
am violating
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present progressiveof violate (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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Now I must not go into any more such stories as this, because you will say I am violating the sixth great rule of talk, which is Be Short.
From How to Do It by Edward Everett Hale
It is the utmost that I will do, and already I am violating what I conceive to be my duty.
From Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
I am violating no confidence, though, in saying I’m hungry.
From Whispering Smith by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
But I am violating the laws of precedence in noticing yeomen before gentlemen.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
I do not feel that in showing it to you I am violating any trust reposed in me by the Misses Quinlan.
From The Mayor's Wife by Anna Katharine Green
