hamming

present participle of ham

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hamming
Verb
  • Swift said, miming Jason holding up his beer can.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Harris told me, miming fireworks.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Painters and sculptors, most of them spend their careers imitating themselves, in a sense.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Paul fears art imitating life by also boiling down to breadline survival strategies.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Sleep-mimicking anesthetics, like Dex, don’t produce a perfect imitation.
    RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Cinderella Castle, built in 1971, was originally painted in grays, blues, and golds, mimicking a European-style palace-fortress with romanticized medieval elements, according to Disney.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Hamming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamming. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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