observe
verb (used with object)
to see, watch, perceive, or notice.
observing
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present participleof observe.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Rather, Meeks merely asks us to clock the humanity in our every minute of observing Cody, to recognize what struggling looks like whether we “know” someone going through it or not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The findings suggest that atomically thin materials could provide an especially useful platform for observing how electrons move collectively within ordered quantum states.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
He achieved this by observing the effect of a light-bending phenomenon called gravitational lensing on the stars that became visible while the Sun's dazzling light was obscured.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Amateur astronomers observing in darkness would also have had little realistic chance of seeing the flash, given that it would have lasted a fraction of a second.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
You might not have known what was happening by observing life at the Greenbrier, which continued to be upgraded and whose renovation was completed during the 1930s.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
