- present participle of stew.
stewing
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I considered basting the tomatoes in butter and stewing them down with miso until soft and glossy.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Scurries, the high-school band director, was stewing over the data center in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"I wrote it on Monday because I'd been stewing in anger about ICE," Terrell posted on Instagram, adding he was stunned by the reception it received.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
It speaks to our pickle as consumers that I have been stewing over this two-faced selling approach for weeks and am still not sure if I should want to stop it.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2025
In a glass jar on a shelf my mother kept a big brown hand with pointed claws stewing in alcohol and herbs.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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