- present participle of rush.
rushing
Example Sentences
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Tourists hauled their suitcases over the doorstep into the fray, fresh off a flight or rushing to make one, if only they could get one last chicken finger first.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Videos on social media of the Kryvyi Rig incident showed rescuers rushing to help the wounded on the street outside, as smoke poured out of the building.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
While other Big Tech companies have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on AI investments, Apple has chosen to wait and see instead of rushing to adopt new technology.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
One of that film’s memorable scenes featured Kirby in a tense trivia telephone showdown with the Ghostface killer, rushing through the titles of several slasher films while attempting to save one of her friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
She was deaf to reason, even when Glenn explained time and again we were only rushing to clean out the stovepipe.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
