- present participle of skyrocket.
skyrocketing
Example Sentences
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Although skyrocketing fuel prices provide refiners with huge profits, middlemen such as Tuxis-Ohr’s don’t see the same windfall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
For Mancuso, her already-high anxiety about her son's well-being is skyrocketing.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
But the unyielding free market advocate likely became just as well known for his opposition to Proposition 103, the landmark 1988 insurance initiative that regulated the industry following a period of skyrocketing auto premiums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“And both closed models and open models are skyrocketing in use.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
My stomach a hard ball, my pulse skyrocketing again, I left his office without shaking his outstretched hand.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
