- present participle of chronicle.
chronicling
Example Sentences
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Think of Stanley Kubrick assembling index cards chronicling every day of Napoleon’s life for a movie that never got made.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
How fortunate we are that chronicling and exploding our absurd reality is writer-director Boots Riley’s whole thing.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
The Times also earned first place in event coverage for the staff’s work chronicling the Dodgers World Series Game 7 win, tying with the Dallas Morning News for top honors.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
I spent five sweaty summer days at the Fort Lauderdale airport, Spirit’s home base, chronicling the airline’s meltdown in August 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Within a year, Mia had sent Anita another set of prints—each chronicling something’s slow decay: a dead cottonwood, a condemned house, a rusting car—that she was ready to take on.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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