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present participle of pound
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pounding

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Recent Examples of pounding
Verb
There was a ringing in his ears, the pounding of blood as his body fought to stay upright. Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 Russia is intensifying its pounding of Ukraine, with June seeing the highest civilian casualties in three years. Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
Here, a shopping mall serves as a safe haven from the undead pounding on the doors outside. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025 The service itself pulsed with sound with horns blaring, drums pounding and voices rising in song. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025 Layered with live jazz and pounding percussion from experimental duo Robin Schulkowsky and Joey Baron, the result gave Hedda an extra pulse. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025 Despite bureaucracy, apathy, and disengagement, Chad pursues environmentalism like a surfer paddling into pounding beach break, confident that the wave of his life is just outside the shore pound. Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025 My heart was pounding in my chest and in my ears. Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 But that didn’t stop the sales team from pounding the phones and the pavement. Chris Degnan, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 While McIlroy missed the eventual attempt, Lowry did not, ramming in a winner and turning to the crowd, pounding his chest and barking back. Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025 As Sunday’s episode opens, Roberto is pounding on Fede’s door and insisting that Justina wouldn’t volunteer herself to El Alcazar — and Daryl has visions of his own childhood, running away from people yelling in a trailer park. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pounding
Verb
  • The Jaguars are shuffling corners.
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Eliminate middle schools Known as Option G, the proposal essentially eliminates middle schools by moving sixth grade to elementary schools and shuffling seventh and eighth grades to the high schools.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gilbert, who graduated from the district’s New School For Community Service in 2008, recalled banging the rhythm on his desk as a teenager.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • One of the loudest voices was 29-year-old Neil Lothamer, of Indianapolis, who added pot-banging to his chorus.
    Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Elizabeth and Dominic's 95 guests burst into laughter as the dog jumped into the fountain and began walking around, licking up water.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Charlotte has the right process, but the Hornets are also licking their wounds a bit from a couple of 2024 offseason moves that didn’t quite work out.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As today, the school had about 200 students ranging from preschoolers to eighth graders, drawing students primarily from the neighborhood.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The United Kingdom, France, Australia and Canada, amongst a number of other western countries, have announced their recognition of Palestine, drawing condemnation from Netanyahu.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That hypnotizing aroma may be one thing, but there is actually a science to grinding coffee.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But the patient, grinding work of peace implementation typically bores him.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 4-0 hammering in France has seen Ajax’s chance of elimination before the knockout stage rise to 85 per cent.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There and at Jebel Misma, the team found stone-hammering tools left behind by the artists in layers of sediment dating back 12,000 years.
    Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Barner holds his arms parallel to the ground and swings them side to side while slowly stomping forward like Godzilla demolishing a city.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Maura is marvelous stomping around the apartment in a cold fury and refusing to speak to Clara, who proceeds regardless with broker negotiations and brings in antiques dealer Abslam (Ahmed Boulane) to buy up the contents.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tire tread depth - Checking your tire tread before hitting the road is important, as low or no tread can lead to sliding.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Fanning flatlines when left to be a solo show as Bertino whacks her around like a pinball, hitting big, loud scares that seem to keep resetting.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025

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