osculating

Definition of osculatingnext
present participle of osculate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for osculating
Verb
  • Kittle included some photos of himself on the field and a picture of his wife, Claire Kittle, kissing him in the locker room.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • At that moment, kissing somehow felt more intimate.
    Louis Staples, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • And the good vibes of those wins quickly dissolved with Toronto smacking them around in the fourth quarter of a blowout loss.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Malika was now smacking the rug in rhythm.
    Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
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“Osculating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/osculating. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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