gerund
Example Sentences
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His intentional use of a gerund in the title allows “entertaining” to be read as both doing a thing and being a thing.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021
It’s also one of the activities Koenig recommends for parents to introduce their kids to “musiking,” her preferred gerund for describing the act of playing with melody, rhythm and movement.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021
First off, nice possessive before a gerund, Jordan!
From Golf Digest • Apr. 6, 2020
Instead, Wilson and Nabokov clashed over a gerund.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2016
When necessity is signified, the gerund in dum is used without a preposition, the verb est being added.
From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
