- present participle of wave.
waving
Example Sentences
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Fans have shown up waving Trans Pride flags.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Let Dinorah come out," protesters chanted, waving Venezuelan flags high above their heads.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
As the inaugural service crossed the Torne river from Finland and pulled into Sweden's Haparanda station, it was met by crowds of people waving Finnish and Swedish flags.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Though Dylan Baker is amusingly smarmy as an executive, “Saturday Night Live” star Sarah Sherman gets stuck waving around a squash racket in the very broadly written role of Kris’s agent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
As we passed the Austins’, I didn’t see Jeb, but his brothers and sisters were all sitting on the fence, waving.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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