winging

present participle of wing

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of winging The most common misalignments are scapular winging, in which the shoulder blades stick out from your back like wings, and forward tilting, where the shoulders round forward. Dana Santas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 King commanding the stage with inventive conflagrations, fleet unison fingerwork by Collier and Philion, Rogers-Kaufman offering solos both cerebral and thrilling, and Damien winging through long features with the agility of a sparrow. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025 Starting in the 1800s as a series of trails winging through forests and connecting the logging and fishing communities, the modern world brought roads with it for horses and wagons, the automobile, school buses, and you. Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for winging
Verb
  • In offseason videos, though, he’s been flying through the air and flushing down ferocious dunks, so the athleticism looks to be back.
    Stan Son, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In one common attack, known as GPS spoofing, hackers transmit false location data that tricks a drone into flying off course.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Crude is down 11% this year, with some analysts expecting prices, currently hovering above $60 a barrel, to dip into the low $50s as oversupply builds.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Safe havens surge While stocks are hovering near record highs, a surge in gold and silver prices is signaling lingering concern about political and economic uncertainty.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Winging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winging. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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