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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I cannot decide whether he is actually as clumsy as he appears to be, or whether he is shamming and trying to make me overconfident.
From The Dueling Machine by Ben Bova
“He is shamming, Nat, like a very bashful boy,” said Uncle Dick.
From Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas by Anonymous
A thousand thanks, but the man is shamming.
From Riviera Towns by Herbert Adams Gibbons
"The kid is shamming," growled the first mate, whose watch it now was.
From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by William Perry Brown
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
