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dashing

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verb

present participle of dash
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as in slopping
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets a sudden jolt dashed the hot coffee onto the driver's lap

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dashing
Adjective
The decades-old race sends dachshunds dashing — sometimes straight for the finish line, other times in every direction but. Meredith Nierman, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025 According to the man behind the first, second, third, and fifth films' dashing hero Will Turner, success in Pirates' case hinges on two things. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
But dashing from one building to another for meetings wasn’t a terribly efficient way of working. Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2025 The new management company of The Cooper, RPM Living, which took over in mid-July, sent emails to residents over the last week, providing move-out schedules for some but dashing the hopes of others who have been told their apartments are unsafe to enter. Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dashing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dashing
Adjective
  • The adventurous archaeologist travels the globe looking for missing artifacts and historical treasures.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For something more adventurous, Smyril Line runs a weekly ferry between Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Yankees are better with Volpe on the roster, so Boone is going to continue trotting him out there as long as his shoulder is playable.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Sophie Turner is set to headline Prime Video’s upcoming Tomb Raider series, stepping into the role of the iconic globe-trotting archaeologist.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Before the new regulations, says Annie Inglis, Marine Biology Presenter with Quark, the expedition crew would be hurrying to get guests in Zodiacs to try to get closer to a bear sighting like this.
    Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There was a blow-up doll that people were throwing around in the audience.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If Jennings can’t play, Jones will be throwing to a receiver group that caught a grand total of four passes in Week 1, with all of them being Ricky Pearsall’s.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Capture the trails of speed, splashing water, and leaping moments.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The microplastic beads that celebrities were splashing all over their bathroom floors in commercials advertising their benefits were actually tearing our faces up!
    Keyaira Boone, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The plan keeps international credits out of the EU Emissions Trading System, avoiding the risk of depressing carbon prices for European industry.
    María Mendiluce, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The very worst position as an individual farmer is to have a poor crop in a year when yields are high nationally, depressing prices.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • More daring vacationers can rent kayaks or hop on a whale-watching excursion, Sunset said.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Glass has become fundamentally linked with Apple’s products and architecture, including its flagship stores’ expensive and daring experiments in architectural uses of glass.
    Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That’s even if the movie is uneven dramatically, weighed down by traumas and break-ups and breakdowns in the later stretches, and with too many shots of Aishe (Uyghur) jogging toward her future.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers found that jogging slowly burns visceral fat (deep abdominal fat).
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Dashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dashing. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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