- present participle of stew.
stewing
Example Sentences
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There’s comfort in sitting and stewing in your discontent.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
It was a sweltering July afternoon last year and Redmond was sitting on the sofa in her Hollywood home stewing over how AI was nearly putting her out of business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
But Auriemma suggested that he’d been stewing since before the opening tipoff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
"I wrote it on Monday because I'd been stewing in anger about ICE," Terrell posted on Instagram, adding he was stunned by the reception it received.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
It felt like all the tubes led to one central place in which something evil sat, stewing.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
