- present participle of arch.
arching
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Arching over the emerald basin are walls of stalactites dripping down the cavern ceiling, which opens to a dense jungle.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
Arching stems produce delicate white flowers and dusky pink bracts throughout the growing season, and the entire plant takes on burnished hues with cool weather in fall.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2022
Arching over a gritty scrap-metal yard and railway line, the graffiti-scrawled 1,170-foot-long bridge links two of this city’s poorest neighborhoods.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2018
Arching in an effortless backbend, she is dressed in an embellished bodysuit in the designers' own fabric, entirely covered in hand-cut vinyl fishscale shapes.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2012
Arching his eyebrows, my father took a long, hard look at me.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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