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verb

present participle of burn
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of burning
Adjective
As in most burning issues, there is no absolutely right or wrong answer. Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025 Tom Cruise has been awarded the Guinness World Record for most burning parachute jumps by an individual, netting a whopping 16 flaming jumps while filming Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 June 2025
Verb
Trump has consistently condemned flag burning and called for its criminalization, even suggesting jail time or loss of citizenship. Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 With pickleball courts, wood-burning saunas, ping pong, a cozy coffee shop, and a lively bar & pool set along a peaceful creek, the atmosphere gives low-key yet elevated adult summer camp vibes. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for burning
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burning
Adjective
  • Competition, passive-aggressive zingers and hard feelings turn their relationship into a flaming hot mess.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Firemen spoke of seeing tenants sitting outside flaming buildings with their belongings neatly arranged beside them.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
Adjective
  • Forget the crowds of other Rocky Mountain destinations—Durango gives visitors a warm Colorado welcome, and then some.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Fall and winter are ideal for testing the soil in flower and vegetable gardens, as well as warm-season turfgrass lawns.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • TeamSmile also launched a new pilot program to deliver essential dental care for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), highlighting the urgent need for accessible treatment for these kids.
    Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This means distinguishing between urgent and important tasks, eliminating unnecessary metrics and communications, clarifying policies, and setting clear expectations.
    Kotter, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The results of Scourton’s first appearance weren’t particularly glowing.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There are more vibrant reds and glowing greens on heaven and earth here than are dreamed of in your typical color palette.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • This is a big deal as the new process requires no crushing pressure or scorching heat.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These trees know how to withstand hardships—including scorching Southern summers—and require little to no maintenance once they are established.
    Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the other end, the Premier League is steaming beyond its peers; a super league in all but name.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • His observant approach to capturing the sights and sounds of New York’s Chinatown and Lower East Side — the streets packed with extras, the kitchens where Aishe works steaming and bustling — displays what can only be a documentarian’s attention to local detail and color.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Trump’s legal action was only the most obvious manifestation of the all-guns-blazing approach the president had taken, with others in his orbit following his lead.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
  • All three of the Tigers’ offensive corners came in the frame, with two leading to a couple blazing shots from Poire.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

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