- present participle of plague.
plaguing
Example Sentences
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“Business is more robust than expected, considering some of the economic headwinds still plaguing the industry,” a wholesale executive said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Nigeria's president has approved the country's largest military expansion in recent times - an attempt to tackle the slew of security challenges plaguing the nation.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Public officials like the win-win: It addresses both their housing shortages and the overhang of empty office space plaguing downtowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Chen Chaohui, the company’s founder and CEO, described it as “a pet TikTok” to Yahoo Finance, though one hopes pets will be spared the A.I.-generated fruit videos currently plaguing human users.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
I knowed it was like he’d finally got his revenge and would quit plaguing me!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
