sham
noun
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
is shamming
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present progressiveof sham (3rd 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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"The kid is shamming," growled the first mate, whose watch it now was.
From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by William Perry Brown
And others said, 'She got her speech again after the accident; there has been no new injury since that time; the woman is shamming dumb, for some purpose of her own.'
From Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins
The engineer, who wanted him to cut wood, said to me, "That man is shamming."
From The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake by Ernest Thompson Seton
The old woman who usually looks after us is shamming again, Mr Varne.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
"I take it he is shamming," answered the major.
From An Undivided Union by Oliver Optic
