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knitting

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verb

present participle of knit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of knitting
Noun
The 15-piece unisex capsule collection, which launches on June 4, blends the athlete’s passion for knitting and crochet and his Olympic diving career. Hanna McNeila, Footwear News, 22 May 2025 There are likely classes: art, cooking, woodworking, knitting, and photography. Jann E. Freed, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 Basic knitting kits generally go for around $10-$30 per knitting kit. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025 The year previous, archaeologists uncovered a large wooden phallus in a ditch at Vindolanda, first thought to be a knitting tool, McClatchy News reported. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knitting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knitting
Noun
  • Plates and placemats, yellowed bed linens and napkins, glassware, curios, and sewing kits.
    Libby Buck July 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
  • Nine months of starlight and sea air—chess, books, sewing, the sextant and the nautical almanac, bibulous pit stops in scenic ports—ended abruptly one March morning when a sperm whale smashed a hole in their boat.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Any viral outbreak poses a public health risk, particularly for children and older people who may be more vulnerable to contracting serious illnesses when affected.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Anyone can fall ill after contracting the virus, but the risk of severe illness is higher for people who are younger than five or older than 65.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Beyond simply offering a competent and reliable service, however, Lazarus knew that the repair process needed to be streamlined with a client-centric approach from start to finish.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 27 June 2025
  • Last month, a sinkhole opened up on a major road in York, England, prompting emergency repairs.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Its team of 26 volunteer dentists and four dental hygienists perform a range of services for clients, from basic cleanings and fillings to extractions and dentures.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • David carried out mass cremations, removed corpses’ gold jewelry and dental fillings and illegally harvested corpses’ organs for sale, prosecutors charged.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • The argument then escalated, and Forty hit him in the face with a beer bottle, pulled out a folding knife, and then charged at him.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The audience of seventy-five people—packed closely into white folding chairs at a community center just outside Boston—had come to learn how to spot undercover immigration agents.
    Julia Angwin, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The storm delivered around two months' worth of rain to Chapel Hill, Durham, and the surrounding area, closing roads, stranding residents and causing wide flooding.
    Hannah Parry Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • Andy Nguyen’s Vegetarian permanently closed With the opening of Village of Om comes the closing of Andy Nguyen’s Vegetarian.
    Irene Milanez, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025

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“Knitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knitting. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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