- present participle of write.
writing
Example Sentences
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"It starts now" declares the Daily Mirror, writing that Burnham will "hit the ground running" with immediate measures to help struggling families.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
That opened the path for him to formally challenge Starmer, who read the writing on the wall and quit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Sag Harbor,” set in the mostly Black, affluent beach community in the Hamptons, is the closest Whitehead has come to writing a coming-of-age story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
We do so through many avenues: voting, protest, political party activism, lobbying, filing lawsuits, and writing op-eds, to name a few.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
But I wasn’t good enough to get into the intensive and I’m not good enough for the creative writing prize.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing writing
Common Core Grades 7–8, List 1
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Common Core Grades 9–10, List 4
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