- present participle of finish.
finishing
Example Sentences
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Yet after the initial burst, he challenged only 10 more pitches all season, finishing with a 64% success rate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Julian Hirsch, 28, who is finishing a Ph.D. in archaeology at Hebrew University, made aliyah this year because his fieldwork doesn’t exist anywhere else at comparable scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Keaton purchased the home for $6.6 million in 2021, offloading it just a year later for $7.9 million after finishing renovations.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The problem with finishing a movie about Elon Musk, of course, is that Elon Musk keeps going.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
I end up finishing the book—the whole book, despite how long it is—on Saturday night.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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