- present participle of patrol.
patrolling
Example Sentences
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Dani Gibson, Freya Kemp and Linsey Smith – three fielders who often share the job of patrolling the boundary – practise their high catches or sprints to retrieve and return the ball.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Instead, these legendary predators may still be quietly patrolling the region's waters, largely unseen.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
“We have a ton of patrolling still going on.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
He’s even patrolling center field again after being shunted off to right in a failed attempt to keep him intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
For a time I regarded the picket-guards patrolling the gates of the city.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
