- present participle of dissolve.
dissolving
Example Sentences
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Dissolving Parliament means MPs lose their status, and those who want to return have to campaign for re-election.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2024
Dissolving the PR department was a risky move for a company that relied on media coverage as a primary driver of sales leads and thumbed its nose at traditional advertising.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023
Dissolving certain types of rock in the ocean could reduce ocean acidity.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2022
Dissolving a nonvolatile substance in a volatile liquid results in a lowering of the liquid’s vapor pressure.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Not so; My timely fears prevent a greater ill And work no harm, since they shall be imparted Only to him who hath the power to quell them, Dissolving them to air—my father.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma