fagging

present participle of fag
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fagging
Verb
  • Even with Muchová so clearly struggling, Osaka faced some weird jeopardy down the stretch.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • However, even people who have these more 'substantial' degrees are struggling.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The friends were both wearing some form of American flag on their outfits and were visiting from Syracuse, New York.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The style is perfect for wearing into the cooler months, as it can easily be layered over cozy knits.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During that season Clark was laboring to teach all his defensive linemen a new technique to use, and players would have to film themselves working on it, and send it into the coaches.
    Omar Kelly August 23, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Wall Street economists are fixated on identifying tariff effects, yet stocks either celebrated or shrugged off three warm and sticky inflation readings this week, laboring to hold near record highs.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • So people shouldn’t swim against the current, which puts them at risk of tiring out.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The occasion is an event held by the Women’s Coaching Alliance, a group striving to diversify football staffs.
    Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Drown is now striving to be able to flip sleeping clients without waking them up.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The couple is accused of killing their 7-month-old son despite the fact that authorities have yet to find the infant's remains.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • After killing Martin, Lawson poured gasoline on the dead man's body and his surroundings before leaving the scene, according to police.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Former director of football Kevin Thelwell and Dan Purdy, two key drivers of the initial interest in Rohl, have since left the club and are working for Rangers in Scotland.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • He's Delivered the Opposite | Opinion Venezuela has a unified and organized opposition that has been working tirelessly to prepare for this moment.
    Kristina Foltz, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Stop exhausting yourself trying to be different leaders for different generations.
    Dana Williams, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Fagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fagging. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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