- present participle of mass.
massing
Example Sentences
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Tankers are already massing outside the Strait to fill up.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
"During other periods of adverse weather the vessels returned to port, rather than massing offshore in these kinds of formations."
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Now troops are massing near the border region, raising concerns that Ethiopia’s long-term ambitions will feed into a long-running conflict with ethnic Tigrayan rebels, who dominate the Ethiopian side of the frontier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Following restoration work which took place last year, Gualtieri introduced a queuing system to prevent large crowds massing around the landmark.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
The Tribune argued that the only greater gathering was the massing of Xerxes’ army of over five million souls in the fifth century B.C.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
