keeling

present participle of keel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeling
Verb
  • Transmitted by bites, scratches, or even just by getting a drop of infected blood in one's system, the virus spreads rapidly, effectively collapsing society.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On the runway, the forms alternate between architectural precision and fluid sensuality, with Scott often layering handwoven crochet against crisp suiting or transparent knits, collapsing binaries between resort wear and luxury evening.
    Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Singh was blocking both lanes of the northbound Turnpike when Dufresne’s Chrysler Town & Country minivan hit the truck, crumpling underneath the 18-wheeler’s trailer.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Perfect Match producers likely knew that plopping Clayton and Rachel into the same romantic villa meant tapping into a larger saga — one that lies at the center of a sprawling follower network.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The right-hander began the inning by allowing a single to Ryan O’Hearn then plunking Xander Bogaerts in the hand with an errant changeup.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Bernabel led off with a single to left field off reliever Jake Woodford and then Woodford jammed the bases by plunking Braxton Fulford and pinch-hitter Hunter Goodman on back-to-back at-bats.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Powerful straight-line winds that strafed Carmichael neighborhoods, toppling trees and sending roof shingles and patio furniture flying, blew in on the coattails of thunderstorms that struck the Sacramento area Tuesday.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Esmerelda in particular is one-note, nothing but a vain narcissist obsessed with toppling Ned.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And customers are falling for it.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Other big stories ➤ The median rent on a one-bedroom Phoenix-area apartment is falling after the region led the nation in price increases in 2021.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Or the opposite, suddenly words are tumbling onto a page as if someone else is conducting.
    Beverly Gologorsky September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Renee Parenteau To say that Shannon Miller knows about tumbling in gymnastics would be an understatement.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Keeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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