limbering (up)

present participle of limber (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbering (up)
Verb
  • Frightened by the thought of breaking in your jeans?
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Settling Manning down — as well as a host of inexperienced starters on offense that includes breaking in four guys on the O-line — would go a long way toward Texas looking like the team that came into this season with such lofty expectations.
    Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Federal judge Julia Kobick in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Administration from enforcing the policy against Orr and six other individual plaintiffs in April.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • One of them was to have the right balance between rigidly enforcing rules, while also adapting on set to new issues that pop up.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But critics and former employees who spoke with CNN say the AI company has long known of the dangers of the tool’s tendency toward sycophancy – repeatedly reinforcing and encouraging any kind of input – particularly for users who are distressed or mentally ill.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Under his leadership, Brioni underwent an operational reorganisation and experienced strong growth momentum, reinforcing its position in the luxury menswear landscape, according to its parent company Kering.
    Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Limbering (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbering%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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