- present participle of sight.
sighting
Example Sentences
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Eager cruise passengers zipping around New York's southern shores rush to the starboard bow: a humpback whale is up for air, a breathtaking sighting set against Manhattan's iconic skyline.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Hammerhead sharks typically prefer warmer waters than those found in Southern California, and the last sighting near the coast was over a decade ago, according to the iNaturalist species-sighting database.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
One girl breathlessly reports a Kaia Gerber sighting on the lake where Annie is visiting her real estate and revisiting her past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
My first gray whale sighting was entirely accidental.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
This morning, however, she knew there would be no Tariq sighting.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
