egging

present participle of egg

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for egging
Verb
  • Anthropic’s Claude wanted to know whether my headache was tension-related, due to sinus pressure, or something else entirely—hardly a goading question.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Beijing forbids any export of gold without a special license, spurring analysts to conclude that the official figure of 2,530 tons held by the People’s Bank of China is farcically low.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Weiss is only in the earliest part of her tenure, but her presence at CBS News is already spurring scrutiny of a news division that hasn’t been seen since NBC News lured Megyn Kelly there from Fox News Channel in 2017.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Viewers online flooded her Threads post with title suggestions, prompting her to compile and share a running list on Substack, updated regularly with new books and age categories.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In the seconds-long clip, Thomas, 19, can be seen hopping over a barrier and approaching a large divider, prompting the elephant to move closer to him.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
  • San Diego Clippers coach Paul Hewitt sometimes resembles a third-base coach, waving his arms forward rapidly, exhorting his players to race the ball up the floor after a rebound or forced turnover.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Alex Caruso was the ace in the hole, pestering and prodding Jokic to death in Game 7.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In some cases, like my request for headache tips, bots end their messages with prodding follow-up questions.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • McConnell got to his spots easily for pull-up jumpers and picked Dillingham clean after hounding him in the backcourt to force one of the second-year point guard’s three turnovers.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The former is the owner of a New York City hotspot; the latter is a man on the run from loan sharks, with heaps of personal issues and bad debts hounding him.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Sedaris were sitting front row, with Parker whipping out her phone to film Reese.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • While summer may be over, nothing is stopping you from whipping this thing out for the holiday season.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Turnovers are another pressing issue.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Harris admitted the Biden administration made another error by not making Americans’ most pressing needs, such as affordable childcare or paid family leave, its top legislative priority.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Egging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egging. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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