wading

Definition of wadingnext
present participle of wade

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • To get there, the Norwegian explorers navigated the interminable snowfields of interior Antarctica, trudging through the harshest climates on earth for 56 days.
    Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
  • While the federal government shutdown has been trudging along, a cottage in the Grand Canyon Village has provided for those in need following weeks of no pay and a devastating wildfire.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This left the ruling Labour Party scrabbling.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
  • He’s blessed with a tense, scrabbling physicality on screen, plus a baby-Brando glower beneath a head of striking blond curls, and Nemes directs him into a stance of braced, vulnerable defensiveness that serves the film’s purposes well — even if his character, too, wants for interior light.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The best vacuums for hardwood floors have a powerful cleaning performance without scratching or causing damage.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That pollen can fill the air, covers cars and cement, and can start noses running, eyes watering and throats scratching.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • If rates rise unexpectedly, those low initial payments can balloon, exerting pressure on household budgets just as the broader economy absorbs the impact.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Ice plains can prompt fast retreat because as the glacier thins, the ice starts to rise up and water pushes underneath into its crevasses, exerting pressure and causing large slabs to break off — in a process called calving.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Wading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wading. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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