kittening

Definition of kitteningnext
present participle of kitten

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kittening
Verb
  • Literally toxic lesbians — kidding.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Just kidding - but honestly not sold on him being the best player on a championship caliber team.
    The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Refrain from kindling fires with debris or any other materials during an air quality alert.
    Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 20 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Researchers revealed that the high-voltage output facilitates the neutralization and collection of dust and moisture by generating negative ions.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Zari Taylor, a digital culture fellow at New York University, describes vagueposting as using extremely ambiguous language for the sake of click bait or generating controversy.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Yet the show, centered on the murder of Laura Palmer, became a surprise sensation — lasting two seasons, spawning a prequel movie, and returning two decades later for a revival season.
    James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
  • These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Robinhood is known for propagating meme-stock mania, making its founders billionaires, and changing how Americans invest.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Torres Maczassek and her brother, Miguel, are considered leaders in climate-change response, including uncovering and re-propagating nearly extinct grape varieties that may fare better in extreme heat and drought.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The discovery, age five, that some people did not live in communities with all goods in common—that in fact for most, home was a locked building full of private property—begat questions still begetting questions at age thirteen.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • January is breeding season for the invasive snakes in Florida, and the species is known to congregate in breeding balls on elevated levees and tree islands.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Stephen and Kristi stand by their stellar reputation in the community, with more than 20 years of experience legally breeding, raising, and rescuing German Shepherds.
    J.D. Miles, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Also like the natural world, the Tyranids are patient, slowly devouring the edges of the galaxy and reproducing in unthinkable numbers in the darkness of space.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Women’s free labor in the home subsidized the profits of employers because workers’ families bore the cost of reproducing the future labor force.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Kittening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kittening. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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