teeing off

present participle of tee off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for teeing off
Verb
  • On Monday, a foot of snow piled up in the Great Lakes, snarling travel and forcing business closures.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Carpenter plays Emily in a persuasive, snarling manner that's both chilling and heartbreaking — and the farmhouse in the middle of nowhere serves as the perfect crime scene.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s why the Springsteen arguments are blowing up like the Chicken Man.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Since then, her phone has been blowing up.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Another is an anarchist raging against a large corporation.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The third model to ever wear a raging bull on its hood, the Miura wasn’t even supposed to exist.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • When someone is ranting and raving about you, ignore them.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Cheung played a tape of Nicholson ranting and raving at the Kaiser facility in Irvine.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Niners’ defense is reeling, and the offense is sputtering.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In August, a single-engine Piper PA-28 crash landed on southbound Interstate 805 in Sorrento Valley after the pilot noticed the engine was sputtering and losing power.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump’s tariffs have backfired in numerous ways, including by angering US farmers – a key voting bloc – and creating a rare-earth shortage.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Following physical and emotional abuse, Lafferty became an anxious child who was constantly afraid of angering adults around her.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Violence is for getting your way; for asserting your existence as an individual or a group; for venting torrential feeling; for sadistic pleasure.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Following a rough Detroit Lions loss to the Seattle Seahawks in 2022, Aaron — then the defensive coordinator for the Lions — was venting over dinner.
    Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When someone is ranting and raving about you, ignore them.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • That said, no one was raving about these shakes, either.
    Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Teeing off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teeing%20off. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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