baking

present participle of bake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for baking
Verb
  • Rinderknecht made several attempts to call 911 after lighting the fire just after midnight, according to the criminal complaint against him.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Back in 2021, it was revealed that Ray had been hospitalized after suffering severe burns from his wig catching on fire while lighting a cigarette.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The rapid escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies has sunk stocks, rattling investors and industries by igniting fears of a repeat of the tit-for-tat tariff battle in spring, when levies on Chinese and American imports soared to around 145% and 120% respectively.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Jennifer Acree read a range of emotions across several of her group chats as texts spread that a man was arrested on suspicion of igniting the deadly Palisades Fire that ripped through the Los Angeles area earlier this year.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Ochoco's bathroom is situated on the opposite side of the home to its living room and includes a shower, sink, and an incinerating toilet – which literally turns toilet waste into ash.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There's even an incinerating toilet to handle waste.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Science builds on prior insights, and a handy repository of past advances serves as kindling for future discoveries.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hollywood these days feels really fearful of enflaming conservative ire.
    David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The prolonged conflict has forced reservists to serve multiple lengthy tours of duty, while inflaming longstanding resentment of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who are exempt from military service.
    New York Times, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Baking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baking. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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