- present participle of respond.
responding
Example Sentences
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Employees practice responding to objections, then get real-time feedback on how to finesse their responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
"My immediate concern is for the safety and wellbeing of everyone at the camp, including our military personnel, their families and the emergency services responding to the incident," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
At around 1:30 in the morning, about four hours after the responding officer left, her building security found the man sleeping inside the apartment complex, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Snarky fisking — responding to an article line-by-line — gave way to the quiz boom, which was consumed by the personal essay before the long decade of short-form video.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Even nodding silently became difficult after a while, and when she stopped responding, they stopped talking.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
