- present participle of brew.
brewing
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But experts expect the brewing dispute to end up in court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The recent subdued action in crude belies a bigger problem brewing in refined products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
But the brewing storm over the reversal and the halftime show caused him to hold back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Unfortunately, a broader conflict seems to be brewing.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
"There's something brewing," one of the police says.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
So what more natural than they would one day talk over endless coffeepots into innumerable midnights, and out of all the talk and the bitter brewings would come—the House of Usher.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
I had just enough left for two brewings, so after drinking the tea I preserved the leaves for further use, wrapping them carefully in a bit of rag.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace
This being so, the chief manufacture of the year is carried on in the month of September, the September string-makings being analogous to October brewings.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by George Hart
Apothecaries are filthy distillers all the world over, and one never knows the real blessing of health till one has escaped from their beastly brewings.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever
And here is a tale of the crafty Ogs, In their neighbouring land of Podge; Of their sayings and doings and plottings and brewings, And something about Sir Stodge.
From The Glugs of Gosh by C. J. (Clarence James) Dennis
