- present participle of moor.
mooring
Example Sentences
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Police said they were aware of a boat having been taken from its mooring in Brightlingsea, which has since been located "adrift in the water".
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Asked about the 5.5 million barrels of fuel that, according to Kpler data, arrived from Russia at the company’s mooring in the bay of Mersin this year, Ayrik said he couldn’t discuss the company’s customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
A major Russian oil terminal near the southern port of Novorossiysk halted operations early Saturday after a naval drone attack damaged one of its three mooring points.
From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025
Analysis of mooring observations and hydrographic data suggest the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation deep water limb in the North Atlantic has weakened.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
Crocodile Guts’s boat was still jammed into the reeds, and the mooring rope was still attached.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing mooring
"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Song of Solomon
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