Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wading
Verb
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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
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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
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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
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And that’s just scratching the surface.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Jonas Brothers’ performance at the 2025 World Series left some viewers scratching their heads.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The tastemaker brings to light a particularly poignant anecdote to illustrate the fact that her style decisions in the White House were nothing if not calculated — in many cases exerting a certain degree of soft power.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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As Moscow extended soft power abroad, the regime grew more concerned about other countries exerting it within Russia.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Wading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wading. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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