arrowing

Definition of arrowingnext
present participle of arrow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrowing
Verb
  • Jokic has a strong case for his offensive prowess, but missing 16 games will prevent him from overtaking Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama, leaving him likely third, ahead of the Lakers’ Luka Doncic.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Three golfers are 10-under and two are 9-under, meaning several still have at least an outside shot at overtaking Woodland with a big finish on Sunday.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Moffa says the first step in navigating grief is to stop outrunning it.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • George gathers a defensive rebound, and Sarr, who starts this sequence underneath his defensive backboard, sprints upcourt, outrunning his Knicks counterpart, Karl-Anthony Towns.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Similarly to fossil fuel supply disruptions of the past, the Iran conflict is already accelerating interest in renewable energy, electric vehicles and energy independence.
    Brian Lee, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • These dynamics are accelerating structural change across the sector.
    Assef Shaikh, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In the play’s climax, the hero is stripped naked and lashed to a horse, which is sent galloping across the stage.
    Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 18 Mar. 2026
  • About two minutes into the exchange, Jones begins galloping toward Prignano, who is able to back away and keep his distance from him as the two are in the middle of the street.
    Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In February, Nvidia's finance chief Colette Kress predicted that the shortage of gaming chips would last until the end of 2026 in an interview with Reuters, amid demand from the AI industry outstripping demand from console sales.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Share appreciation is a sign that demand is outstripping supply at the current price level.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In their study published in Friday's Science Advances, the scientists said the quickening rate of change is even more concerning than the raw numbers.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • From the mid-1990s through the mid-2020s, the cost of live entertainment rose sharply in the United States, outpacing broader measures of consumer inflation.
    byDoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In practice, however, many organizations receive less than that amount, often after delays that can stretch one to three years, and demand for the program has exceeded available funding in recent years, with applications far outpacing the number of grants awarded, according to federal data.
    Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There was the usual assemblage of male and female Anna’s and just a couple of the Allen’s darting out occasionally from the sanctuary of the nearby tree to drink nectar from the hanging feeders.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • This time, my eyes slid to the fresh silver polish on her fingernails, her cascading perm thick but without any undergrowth, and those eyes darting from me to the cop, glistening as if on the verge of pouring.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Arrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowing. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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