- present participle of climb.
climbing
Example Sentences
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Watching “That Thing You Do!” climbing the charts throughout the movie is a peek into an alien musical world, one that was both more regional and more monocultural than the one we inhabit today.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Most price rises have come since the pandemic, with tickets climbing from £318 in 2019 to a peak of £408 in 2027.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Revelers lock arms and sing together, climbing onto benches to dance as entire sections of a tent seem to move as one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Retail diesel prices promptly started climbing, spooking markets, because diesel is the workhorse fuel of the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
I also learned to be watchful while climbing the day I got too close to a beehive.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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