- present participle of delve.
delving
Example Sentences
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Instead of confronting the grief head-on, Mr. Wladyka takes a more oblique approach, delving into Ha-Chan’s rich imagination to show her, for example, picturing herself floating weightless during a dance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Centuries later, these scientists are delving into what we can learn from wildlife about the properties of plants in the forest habitats they evolved in.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“I took care of mom for 20 years before her dementia started,” she said, delving into some of the long history of their mother’s manic-depressive behavior.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
"Is the iPhone Birth Control?" asked a paper published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, delving into why US fertility rates have fallen by 22 percent since 2007.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
And the letter is more personal than most, delving into thoughts on his own writings, observations about his Wunschtraum clock containing a level of detail that would require observing it for hours on end.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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