spiriting

present participle of spirit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiriting
Verb
  • Three Los Angeles County men have been arrested for allegedly snatching high-end jewelry from victims who were walking to their vehicles in Fullerton earlier this year, police said.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
  • One said bump is a particularly nasty, literal wig-snatching fight between Vida and Chi-Chi.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The camera was also capturing a growing blurring of the boundaries between the Japanese and Taiwanese urban elite in colonial society.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of using a single bulky lens, the camera employs a thin mask embedded with dozens of tiny lenslets, each capturing a unique perspective of the same object.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite the slowdown in Europe’s soft denim sales, Turkish mill Isko is seizing new growth opportunities across Asia.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This one was about seizing one of the sweetest victories of his legendary career … whether the old quarterback wanted to admit it or not.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Spiriting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiriting. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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