evaporating

present participle of evaporate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of evaporating Liquid versions of this technology worked, but used toxic, fast-evaporating solvents. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026 Add a layer of mulch over the top of the soil to keep moisture from evaporating quickly. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 This protective layer of plant matter will help keep water from evaporating readily from the soil. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026 The air that’s pushed down helps your body remove excess heat and aids in evaporating perspiration. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026 While fashion cycles continue to accelerate—microtrends anchoring and evaporating in the span of a season—the twins have remained steadfast in their aesthetic convictions, causing the masses to forage and collect the few visuals of them doing just so. Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 12 June 2026 This herb spreads as a natural groundcover that acts like living mulch, preventing moisture from evaporating and stopping weeds from taking root. Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026 This acts as a shield to lock moisture in, preventing that precious water your humectants just gathered from evaporating into the room. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026 And if faith is evaporating at Anfield, of all places, then that does not augur well. Oliver Kay, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
Verb
  • Amazingly, Danhausen remained a Top-13 t-shirt seller even after vanishing from AEW TV for multiple years.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • LaBarge frequently interrupts the telling to braid her narrative so tautly with those of others that their language blurs together, quotation marks vanishing, lines of demarcation eroding.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • To keep your top candidates from disappearing, the hiring team should regularly discuss ways to improve the overall interview experience.
    Tom Tang, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Now even that pretense is disappearing.
    Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Their self-cleaning nature means blooms drop naturally after fading, eliminating tedious deadheading.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026
  • Halsey and her fans’ outrage over an old album review is showing no signs of fading.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Give it a beat to start melting, then stir until the cheese is fully melted and the meat is evenly coated.
    Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2026
  • Wildfires, floods, melting ice caps, heat waves, the bleaching of ocean reefs.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

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“Evaporating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporating. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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