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
  • Meanwhile, video-generating software like OpenAI’s Sora showcase the inevitability that AI content will funnel into the mainstream.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But while the plants are generating increasingly widespread enthusiasm, dark events are beginning to overshadow the news.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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 11 Jan. 2026.

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