gerund
Example Sentences
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His intentional use of a gerund in the title allows “entertaining” to be read as both doing a thing and being a thing.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021
It’s also one of the activities Koenig recommends for parents to introduce their kids to “musiking,” her preferred gerund for describing the act of playing with melody, rhythm and movement.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021
First off, nice possessive before a gerund, Jordan!
From Golf Digest • Apr. 6, 2020
Instead, Wilson and Nabokov clashed over a gerund.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2016
The Latin poets having taken this license, then proceeded a step further, and substituted the infinitive mood for the gerund in di.
From Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Bell, George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
