bucketing

present participle of bucket

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bucketing Six months later, the internship — some of which bore all the glamour of scrubbing bird poop and bucketing hundreds of pounds of fish as dolphin food — developed into a full-time gig as a trainer. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucketing
Verb
  • The frequency of scooping litter will depend on the number of cats, the type of litter and a feline's bathroom habits.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There no-multistep baking process or scooping and mashing.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The brief clip appeared to show one of the landing skids shaking moments before the crash.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Place flour in a shallow dish; dredge chicken lightly in flour, shaking off excess.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cover and bake at 350°F until rice is tender, about 50 minutes, spooning oysters on top after 35 minutes of baking.
    BJ Dennis, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He, too, was bowled over by the film's tear-jerking finale.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • With an epic Oscar-winning title song by Streisand and tear-jerking scenes aplenty, this film is a perennial favorite and often referred to in pop culture.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Or, keep scrolling to find other popular self-emptying robot vacuums on sale.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • This happens because bile is not emptying properly into the intestine.
    Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Microneedling is a treatment that uses thin, vibrating needles to puncture your skin.
    Carley Millhone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Andy sighed, shuddering between them.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The White House will be well aware of this fact, particularly in an environment where fiscally conservative Republicans will be shuddering at Uncle Sam’s $37 trillion (and growing) national debt.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Bucketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucketing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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