- present participle of melt.
melting
Example Sentences
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The river also depends on melting snow to sustain it in the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But if no snow survives the summer, it cannot replace the ice lost to melting at lower, warmer elevations.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
They identified when melting began each spring and when sea ice started freezing again in the fall.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Industry officials say their hopes of fending off a ban are melting away but that they are still making a last stand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The driver took us down a street where lumps of gray snow lay melting in sunny places.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
