leathering

present participle of leather

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leathering
Verb
  • In one short, a young Stuckmann, dressed as Harrison Ford's lasso-whipping adventurer, jumps onto the back of a moving car.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mash as desired, either with a potato masher or by whipping with an electric mixer.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The small black dog slipped away from its owners and ended up hiding under a northbound 2 train at the 14th Street station Thursday.
    Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The episode ends with Matty officially agreeing to work with Olympia to save Julian and bury Senior, though Matty has some demands, including wanting Julian — once all the dust has settled — to apologize for hiding the document.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some of this slashing and burning can be explained by the old-fashioned small-government fanaticism of administration personnel like Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Insurers are slashing networks, hiking deductibles, and pulling out of entire counties.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What To Know The Philippines' inter-agency National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea on Monday released drone footage showing a Chinese coast guard ship lashing a Philippine boat with its water cannon.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Coastal areas of suburban Long Island could see flooding, with up to 3 inches (about 8 centimeters) of rain and lashing winds expected, the weather service said.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Use self-tanners instead of tanning outside or using a tanning bed.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While a wagging dog’s tail might indicate excitement or friendliness, a flicking cat’s tail can signal irritation.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Only the paintings bore witness to her intense, solitary writing sessions, conducted in the studio by night, Stein flicking the pages of her notebooks with hardly a pause, until dawn birdsong disturbed her concentration.
    Francesca Wade, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Another victim came to court, recounting a history of domestic abuse including choking and slapping by the defendant.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Payton lit into Moss on the sideline, slapping his clipboard, after the cornerback got a bit too handsy with Giants receiver Beaux Collins in the end zone.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Others have called out the boring marketing campaign based around flogging variants in order for Swift to finally beat the record for the biggest opening sales week for a female artist in history (currently held by Adele, which she is likely projected to break).
    Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The only thing tougher to watch than the Bengals’ offense on Sunday was Browning flogging himself over the failure.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Leathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leathering. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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