- present participle of observe.
observing
Example Sentences
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Already, officials are observing higher tides than typical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
But observing 25th anniversaries is something we do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
"I think most people are observing what I'm sharing with an educational message and they're not going out to just replicate that."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"By observing the propagation of radio waves, we can create an image of the surroundings and of persons who are present," says Professor Thorsten Strufe from KASTEL, KIT's Institute of Information Security and Dependability.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
We look around the grocery store, spending a lot of time in the candy aisle observing how different the flavors are—green tea Kit Kat bars, wasabi drops, squid-flavored gummies, and melon soda.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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