participle
Example Sentences
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Ontos is the Greek participle from the verb “to be” and means “being.”
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
From that innocent present participle “encouraging” a mighty fountain sprang.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019
He is one of the three writers credited on Too Late for Love, none of whom seem to know how to use the past participle of light correctly.
From BBC • May 12, 2019
Dongling participle: “Beneath my desk, tied in knots and encased in rubber, I couldn’t untangle the adapter cords from the headphones.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2018
It is the verb vacilar, present participle vacilando.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
