trick
noun
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
was tricking
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past progressiveof trick.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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After it is revealed that the group was tricking Twain, the tension begins to dissipate.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
If my daughter thought I was tricking her into eating the burger, it could cause her to reject it and develop a negative attitude.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2019
Now I think maybe he was tricking me.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2018
As in most modern efforts to circumvent aging, Belmonte was tricking the body—borrowing a powerful mechanism from embryos and, very gingerly, applying it to adults.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
Why couldn't anyone else think it possible that a boy who had tricked everyone around him his whole life was tricking them all at this moment?
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
