- present participle of finish.
finishing
Example Sentences
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Everton ended their 34-game WSL unbeaten streak in December and Chelsea could not recover, eventually finishing third and being knocked out in the Champions League quarter-finals by Arsenal.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Turkle was finishing the footnotes for her upcoming book, “Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He was an immediate hit with the Yankees, winning 21 games in 1979 and finishing second in the American League Cy Young voting, then won 22 in ’80.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
On leaving: Behrens Wu went straight from finishing an economics degree at St. Gallen to the M.B.A. program, but wasn’t sure what she wanted to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
With her nephews gone, Leah put the finishing touches on her version of the Fox sisters’ story.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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