- present participle of cake.
caking
Example Sentences
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"It was just a horrible feeling to walk in the middle of nowhere," she said with sand caking her clothes, adding that she feared for her unborn baby after her ordeal in the desert.
From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2023
The rain and fish goo caking my shoes has already begun to harden.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 17, 2023
It’s figurative, embedded in the characters and the storyline, but also literal, with dirt and rot caking everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
A man named Gajendra Singh Quiriyal — the village’s grand pradhan, or leader — fell to the ground and convulsed on the fire’s edge, caking himself with ashes and embers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Mud flats near the banks, caking to dry clay, smelled of death.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
