arcing

present participle of arc

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of arcing Raiola moved to his right and launched a high-arcing ball downfield. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025 Chris Durkin played a long arcing ball-in from well outside the area to the back post and João Klauss flicked a header to McSorley for the finish. Mercury News Staff, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025 Some contain metal or nylon particles that could ignite or cause arcing. Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025 The activity, visible across several provinces, was captured in photographs and videos posted on social media showing luminous trails arcing across the night sky. Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 Kid-Sandu paints a monster in wild arcing strokes onto a crumbling wall. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025 The company destroyed a piece of lashing wire that investigators believe slapped an Xcel electrical conductor and caused arcing that led to the fire, said Matthew Delinko with Bauman, Lowe, Witt & Maxwell, a law firm representing insurance companies. Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025 A number of magnificent star clusters can be found shining in the glowing ribbon of the Milky Way, the heart of which can be seen arcing towards the southwestern horizon around midnight during warm August nights. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025 The Arsenal captain took one touch to turn on the ball, and with his second, played an arcing pass into the path of Gyokeres. James McNicholas, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arcing
curving
Verb
  • Presented in Lightness & Tension, an exhibition curated by roving gallerist Ulysses de Santi, Simões’s work is rooted in material exploration, as seen in the Sleeper chair, a curving steel form that suggests Brazilian midcentury modernism.
    Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Here the set becomes a comedy generator, a set of curving sides that Reeves can lean against and slide bonelessly down.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Arcing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arcing. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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