- present participle of nurture.
nurturing
Example Sentences
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She added that Clancy had been a "very nurturing" mother until the birth of her youngest son.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, Chase Infiniti discusses her meteroic rise, her Emmy nomination for “The Testaments” and nurturing the ambition to become an actor since age 10.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He reduces Bourdain to a zygote who simply needed enough nurturing to become his older, cooler self, when he could, instead, read between the lines to find what makes young Tony special.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Complicating matters, he has never been particularly generous or nurturing, and he has no spouse, children or other immediate next of kin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Without her young to inspire her, it would not take many days for the nurturing instinct to die.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
