raying

present participle of ray

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for raying
Verb
  • In a recent shining example of self-reflexive satire, Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand (translated in 2022 from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell), gives us an 80-year-old Indian woman protagonist whose decision to travel to Pakistan disrupts the family’s expectations of women her age.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Libra, Venus is at home, radiating poise and coquettish charm.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Once formed, these waves can travel across entire ocean basins, radiating outward from the point of disturbance and impacting coastlines far from the origin.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And the extreme pressure and friction of the move compresses the air molecules in front of Starship, creating a glowing plasma that is the signature of the stretch of flight known as reentry.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Each of these creatures of light multiplied into subqueries and side queries, a glowing menagerie of exotic life-forms crisscrossing the void, their wakes and ripples gradually illuminating the entirety of the submarine cave.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Raying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raying. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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