- present participle of fetch.
fetching
Example Sentences
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Chiedza, who could not swim, got out of her depth while fetching a volleyball from the sea while playing with her 11-year-old cousin.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
The $400 pocket watches, sold only in stores, resold for up to $6,500 on eBay, with a full set fetching $27,900.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Shares now trade for 95 times expected earnings over the next 12 months, surpassing their previous peak of 60 times reached in 2021, and fetching more than Nvidia, Taiwan Semi, Broadcom, and Advanced Micro Devices.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Through Stacy’s fetching sadness, we come to know that maybe a certain motivational speaker was right.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
“Oh, come on. It’s just that I’ve been fetching a lot lately, and I’m busy with Ess. She won’t be any help in the tide pools, and she still can’t swim.”
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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