- present participle of exercise.
exercising
Example Sentences
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She said her philosophy was “you can never stop learning and exercising the acting muscle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
"People in my area talk about how physical pain prevents them from working, exercising and pain can generally just drag you down, " he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
But he added: William "will look benevolent. He will look like he is exercising magnanimity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The exercising troops sent into battle heavy armored vehicles that threw up dust, making them easy for Ukrainian reconnaissance drones to spot, according to the participant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He spent his time exercising his horse, unless he got an order to ride express for the Afric Queen, in learning to write with his left hand, and an orgy of reading.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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