- present participle of wear.
wearing
Example Sentences
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Wearing wooden clogs, Naresh Paswan uses a long iron bar to push fuel through dozens of fire holes that feed the kiln.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026
Wearing her blue harness, this restless brown Labrador retriever ventures into the debris of buildings that collapsed in the earthquakes of June 24.
From Barron's • Jul. 5, 2026
Wearing a shoe called “El Último Tango”—”The Last Dance”—Messi sent a corner kick curving into the most dangerous zone on the pitch, head-high just in front of the net.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026
Wearing blue jeans and a pink button-down blouse, she echoed the pastel blues and pinks that appear throughout many of the works surrounding her.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
Wearing jeans and a wool sweater, McCandless looks tan, strong, healthy.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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