- present participle of like.
liking
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Unofficial poll time: How are you liking the World Cup now?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Defender Hanley - who McGinn described as "a bear" - "takes up too much room" for Christie's liking, while 19-year-old Curtis is "me times 100" according to the Villa captain.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Why, then, does not liking Olive Garden feel incompatible with being a foodie — and so incompatible that it shouldn’t even be mentioned by name?
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Becerra, she said, is too much of a career politician for her liking, but Steyer impressed her with his promise not to take corporate money and his position on social justice issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
That didn’t stop Lucy from liking Michael Sandler.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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They are, wrote Dickens, “the curious old records of likings and dislikings; of jealousies and revenges; of affection defying the power of death, and hatred pursued beyond the grave.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2015
In Continent's End readers can get a clear picture of Jackson's literary likings when he is unconcerned with reviews or discoveries.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For shops that do it right, there are plenty of lines that a longboard customer should be able to pick through to find his or her likings.
From Time Magazine Archive
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All Alaskans have their likings, their wants, their plans for solving the problems of the Territory, but in nearly every case two sets of opposite demands were presented to the President.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Emma felt this sentence would give people “an opening to say, however unjustly, that he considered all spiritual beliefs no higher than hereditary aversions or likings, such as the fear of monkeys towards snakes.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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