graveling

variants or gravelling
present participle of gravel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for graveling
Verb
  • At one point at the state banquet, the president was seen confusing Camilla and Kate.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement The recent announcement only compounds the harm, confusing parents and diverting attention and resources from questions that could actually bring answers.
    Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Brown climbed the ladder to haul in a pass over the middle from Madsen, beating his defender in the air acrobatically before smashing into the end zone turf for the catch and a 33-14 lead.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Pour the remaining milk mixture into egg mixture, beating to combine.
    Emily Teel, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Before the game, Reeve spoke about getting more from Lynx reserves, who had just three points in Game 2.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Are high standards blocking you from getting the word out?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Other posts on Sanford’s mother’s Facebook page show that Sanford was a hunter, posing with deer and other game.
    Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In the throwback image shared, the royal could be seen smiling wide and wearing a festive red hat while posing with members of the squad, nicknamed the Red Roses.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • No one had fooled Coppola into embarrassing himself publicly — although there’s always a risk, when a powerful figure surrounds himself with yes-people, that no one is left to push back and challenge his choices.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This still was a much stronger performance by the Fins than last week’s embarrassing 33-8 defeat in Indianapolis, but that was a low bar to leap.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But also muddling standard operating procedures is the fact that, according to the insider, ABC doesn’t have a dedicated late-night executive.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
  • With his far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, sitting in the front row, Netanyahu took the stage, looking a little peeved, and berated the event’s organizers for muddling his slide show.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just with way worse WRs and a changing defensive landscape designed at taking away explosives and muddying the waters for offenses.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Be careful of drugs and alcohol muddying the water.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Graveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveling. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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