- present participle of frisk.
frisking
Example Sentences
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Nearly 39,000 frisking staff had been employed across the country to check for any prohibited items, the NTA said, and there would be 40-50 security personnel stationed at every exam centre.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
The match has been designated a "high-risk" clash, with police enforcing special rules such as preventative frisking.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
As customers line up to enter the theater, the guards frisking them and checking their bags repeat one reminder: “Don’t put your feet on the seats.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
The TV audience’s response to the bit — which carried on into frisking presenters Josh Brolin and Jason Momoa per the Academy’s “protocol” — was mixed on Twitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
But she has gone; and they fly pell-mell up the hedgerow, frisking, chattering and perching where they will.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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