- present participle of describe.
describing
Example Sentences
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Deere turned down the counteroffer, describing it as costing the company roughly $500 million more than the company’s extension proposal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
That’s much more inflammatory language, but it also sounds like what you’re describing.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
In a now-removed video, Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, had filmed himself walking to an empty beach during the Hindu holiday of Nyepi, describing the scene as "crazy".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Steinberg, an executive member of NexusHealth at McMaster and chief scientific officer, shareholder and co-founder of Espervita Therapeutics, recently co-authored preclinical research describing a promising drug candidate for advanced liver disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
He has been seeing Peter for years, and he speaks of his condition not with condescension or detachment but matter-of-factly, as if describing a minor character tic.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
