- present participle of alternate.
alternating
Example Sentences
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Alternating every two or three chapters, Ms. Seve and the actor Caleb Teaupa unfurl a blood- and brine-soaked epic set in and around the islands of long-ago Polynesia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Alternating between fixer and developer, the resulting images, each as unique as every ovary bearing person’s experience, allude to the anthropological, biological, psychosocial, biblical, and celestial.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024
Alternating between Leah’s present-day narration and Jean’s recent-past musings, the novel faces the truth about modern Appalachia, where needs of all kinds go unfulfilled and misunderstood.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
Alternating, in which a note is longer than the previous one.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023
Balance consists in preserving the Equilibrium or Alternating Current between these two Principles.
From The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science by Troward, T. (Thomas)
Vocabulary lists containing alternating
"Living Like Weasels" by Annie Dillard
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Shake It Up: Alter
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"The Hunger Games" Vocabulary from Chapter 7
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