wading

present participle of wade

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • In the engaging trailer that continues the sinister tale of Vault-Tec, The Ghoul arrives in New Vegas alongside Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell) and Dogmeat, trudging into the outskirts of New Vegas.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Without a doubt there are people who would pay serious money to see Jeffrey Katzenberg hanging out and trudging through the sand and dirt at Burning Man.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Her left hand is scrabbling over the surface of the thin soil, grasping at dead leaves, something to wipe herself.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Of all the head-scratching mysteries in California, none is more aggravating than the state’s high-speed rail project.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In terms of humans actually reproducing in space, however, scientists may just be scratching the surface as studies of pregnancy in space are limited to animals — and also potentially more limited to men, as fewer women have traveled to space.
    Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While delegation may be the superpower of some business leaders, Il Signor Armani was famous for exerting control over every detail large and small in the business.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This perception is shared by the private sector, which is exerting increasing pressure on the Brazilian government to grant Chinese firms greater access to the Brazilian market.
    HUSSEIN KALOUT, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Wading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wading. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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