ducking

Example Sentences

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While making his way through the ballroom he came across reporters ducking for cover and some jockeying for position with their phone cameras.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Not Brody, whose chiseled, wiry presence is ever in motion, flailing, ducking, wincing, yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In modern slang it’s ghosting, or merely ducking out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Protesters scatter, ducking into the gaps between buildings and pavement.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

But this time he surprised me by ducking his whole head underwater and coming up, startled, with an equally startled turtle in his mouth.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly