participle
Example Sentences
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Dederer is continually trying — not in the adjectival sense, but as the present participle: showing us her thought process, correcting as she goes and experimenting with different forms.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023
Ontos is the Greek participle from the verb “to be” and means “being.”
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
From that innocent present participle “encouraging” a mighty fountain sprang.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019
He is one of the three writers credited on Too Late for Love, none of whom seem to know how to use the past participle of light correctly.
From BBC • May 12, 2019
She told them all about the participle, though I myself followed little of her reasoning.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
