- present participle of perish.
perishing
Example Sentences
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The young meat-eater had chomped off the hind legs of two parrot-like dinosaurs called caenagnathids before perishing itself.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 8, 2023
It’s a symbiotic relationship that won’t be perishing anytime soon.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2023
And she claimed her second victim in her second over, Sarah Bryce perishing for 13 from nine balls when a mis-timed shot resulted in a leading edge that was easily gathered by wicketkeeper Nicole Faltum.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2023
Levin yelled out into the roar, anything to take his mind off the thought of perishing in a landslide.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022
Not being killed in a car accident may be 99 percent certain, while 98 percent of us may avoid perishing in a household accident.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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