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  • present participle of perish.
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perishing

[per-i-shing] / ˈpɛr ɪ ʃɪŋ /












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They looked absolutely freezing, which was not a surprise as it was a perishing January night in Lancashire.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2026

All that’s clear is massive landmarks are perishing and that you need to run.

From Salon Apr. 26, 2024

The young meat-eater had chomped off the hind legs of two parrot-like dinosaurs called caenagnathids before perishing itself.

From National Geographic Dec. 8, 2023

Levin yelled out into the roar, anything to take his mind off the thought of perishing in a landslide.

From Slate Nov. 26, 2022

“When a man’s alone on these flats, with a light head and a light stomach, perishing of cold and want, he hears nothin’ all night, but guns firing, and voices calling.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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