commentating

present participle of commentate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentating
Verb
  • Clothes that defy convention — of gender, of context, even of gravity — interpreting sculptural and oversized forms.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • My great-grandfather wrote a journal about his life in Mexico, but my family still has a hard time interpreting it because it’s written in a mixture of Spanish and Indigenous languages.
    jsonline.com, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump then boarded Air Force One without speaking the the media, ending his consequential tour of Asia.
    Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Curtis got teary-eyed during an interview on the WTF podcast that was released five days after Kirk was shot during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in September.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of annotating the text in the margins, use removable sticky notes to record your favorite quotes and thoughts.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
  • As long as annotating serves the reader a purpose, any style is fine, experts say.
    Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Winnipeg media spent much of the morning skate talking to the Blackhawks and Jeff Blashill about Chicago’s defensive prowess.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The world too needs to be grateful that the two superpowers are talking like adults again, and with a one year trade truce in motion, are starting to take a more pragmatic path.
    Kerry Brown, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The sheriff rebutted these calls by explaining that due to the executive order signed by Braun in January and related directives from Attorney General Todd Rokita, he was forced to comply with federal immigration efforts.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And politicians often use them as a way of explaining why things are going in a wrong direction, instead of taking responsibility for whatever goes wrong, or simply to raise fear.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Marchand posted information about the raffle on Instagram, saying the game will celebrate Selah Panacci-MacCallum's life.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Stop coming up with all of these creative ways of saying Eric failed.
    Molly Ball, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Before long, strangers are watching, liking, and commenting on a moment that was meant to be private.
    Eli Thompson, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But there’s no indication if the NBA would consider doing that; the league isn’t commenting on that, either.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And expounding on them with some nice face-ripping-off guitar leads.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Commentating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentating. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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