molest
verb (used with object)
to make indecent sexual advances to.
molests
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present tense formof molest (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It is my observation and belief that a grizzly, if physically able, will attack any living thing that molests it or interferes with its routine activities.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is first the danger of disturbing the spirit of the head, which may be injured in the process and may revenge itself upon the person who molests him.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
Still I hunt in my father's woods; kill my father's deer; and fish in my father's lakes; since no one molests me.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth
“I beg your pardon, Señor Capitan, but you are, perhaps not aware that Lord Wellington has given strict orders that private property is to be respected; and no true caballero molests women.”
From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by William Westall
My lord Marcus, I fear hurt at no man's hand; also the days of Nero have gone by and Vespasian reigns, who molests us not.
From Pearl-Maiden by Henry Rider Haggard
