practicing

Example Sentences

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Hours later, the country’s best women’s lacrosse player was back on that wall, simmering, practicing once more with that fifth-grade stick.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

It’s not necessarily that I bring religion up in the special because I stopped practicing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

A practicing Mormon, Coppins had no previous experience with gambling but quickly learned how easily the “joyful naivete” of his initial use “could curdle into delusion and compulsion.”

From Slate • May 5, 2026

She spends much of her time practicing on mannequin heads in her childhood room.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

“Oh, no, you won’t,” I said, “you’re not practicing any of that stuff on me. I’m not sick enough to go through that again.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls