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Example Sentences
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When that verb then takes on an -ing suffix, it means "carrying out tasks as a responsible grown-up."
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2021
At this, a wave of "oh no she di-int" ooooh -ing fills the place.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2021
We . . . drove as most people do, navigat -ing traffic in Boston, New York, Washington, Baltimore, Chattanooga, Birmingham, New Orleans, Houston .
From Time Magazine Archive
The trials were perhaps the most alarming evidence of a harsh and unbend -ing orthodoxy that Khomeini and his Islamic Revolutionary Council apparently wish to impose upon Iran.
From Time Magazine Archive
The nominalization rule takes a perfectly spry verb and embalms it into a lifeless noun by adding a suffix like -ance, -ment, -ation, or -ing.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
