- present participle of shovel.
shovelling
Example Sentences
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Images released by state media showed Kim shovelling soil alongside other officials at a ceremony attended by an excited crowd clapping and waving North Korean flags.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
And yet against the Waratahs they were still shovelling the ball out the backline without doing the hard yards up front.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
Miller blasted a long shot toward the Oilers’ net and Lindholm picked it up, kicking the puck to his stick at the bottom of the slot, then shovelling a backhanded shot into the Edmonton net.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024
On a sun-scorched shoreline in Iraq's southern marshlands, fishermen stood shovelling a grim catch: tiny fish gathered dead from the water, fit only for use as animal fodder.
From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2023
We spent most of our time shovelling excrement and rinsing cages and giving feed while Father played the vet.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
