- present participle of emigrate.
emigrating
Example Sentences
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She’s working on her third novel, on Malaysia, where she was born before emigrating at age 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Born in Dublin in 1623, Downing spent his childhood in London before emigrating to New England with his family as part of the Puritan migration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
And he, as a young boy, was part of the avocado trade before emigrating to the United States.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
On the upper deck he mixed with the wealthy travellers, lower down he encountered the Poms emigrating to a new life down under.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
Then, through a series of misadventures, the family had ended up in China, finally emigrating to Canada in the twentieth century.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
