- present participle of shadow.
shadowing
Example Sentences
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Around that time, Matarazzo also spent seven weeks shadowing the single most influential coach in global soccer, Pep Guardiola.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
She was still shadowing a more senior member of staff when the choking incident occurred.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Instead of shadowing wolves, ravens repeatedly returned to specific areas where kills were more common.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
That includes shadowing Chinese coastguard ships and responding to suspicious vessels lingering near Taiwan's subsea telecoms cables.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Kilgore Trout was shadowing him, keen to know what Billy had suspected or seen.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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