foraying

Definition of forayingnext
present participle of foray

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foraying
Verb
  • French buccaneers spent much of the seventeenth century hiding and plundering along the northwest coast of Hispaniola, eventually realizing more money could be made farming tobacco and sugar.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The colonists took up where Tippu Tip left off, plundering the forests for ivory and other resources.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • While guarding this mysterious gorge, these good-looking sharpshooters inevitably fall in love and join forces to contain the marauding creatures.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Fearing the attacker’s return and marauding gangs, the family abandoned their home in a rural stretch of farmland and fruit trees and hid in the bushes.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Weisel recommends removing the leaves, or at least stripping the leaves from the bottom two-thirds of the stem.
    Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Rather than stripping the skin, Japanese skin care emphasizes gentle yet thorough cleansing to preserve hydration.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Dozens of people, mostly in Minnesota’s substantial Somali population, have been charged with looting the program by setting up companies that billed the state for supplying food that was never delivered.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Dozens of people, mostly in Minnesota’s substantial Somali population, have been charged with looting the program by setting up companies that billed the state for supplying food that was never delivered.
    Dan Walters, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Certainly, its portrait of a futuristic society dominated by raping, pillaging youth gangs speaking a bizarre Russian-English hybrid slang struck a few different nerves — as did its tale of one teenage sociopath’s questionable reprogramming back into society after a stint in prison.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
  • More than a dozen others immediately flooded the shattered entrance, pillaging the place — breaking display cases and grabbing thousands of dollars in jewelry.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • By the 1960s, gas flares and untreated waste spillage were destroying their forests.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • And there is a risk of the parasites becoming dormant for years before reactivating and destroying a new cornea.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Of course, this being 1985, the rapidly escalating AIDS epidemic was already ravaging gay communities worldwide.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The program centers in part on combating the spread of the European green crab, an invasive species that is ravaging local ecosystems.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • That's where the goal of eradicating invasive species comes into play.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Sixth-generation Texas rancher James Clement III told CNBC the key to eradicating the screwworm threat is years out.
    Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Foraying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foraying. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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