- present participle of sum.
summing
Example Sentences
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Mike Murphy continues his wonderful series of What’s Worth Streaming, reviewing the offerings from eight streaming services and summing up which ones are worth paying for and which ones you should skip for the month.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Duterte's defence lawyer Nicholas Kaufman, summing up his case, said that if his client could be faulted for anything, it was his "inappropriate choice of language".
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The song was credited with summing up the depressed mood of the country at the time, with riots in several British cities in 1981.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
“He didn’t do drugs. He didn’t party. He made films,” Mr. Fischer writes, summing up the young Mr. Lucas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
“They en’t CCD. They’re called summing like the Security of the Holy Spirit, summing like that. They guard religious places—seminaries, nunneries, schools, that sort of place. They prob’ly come from Wallingford, from the priory there.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
