purvey
verb (used with object)
to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
purveying
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present participleof purvey.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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He’s always taken an opposing approach from Maron, purveying raunch instead of raw honesty, channeling swagger, shock and dismissiveness as opposed to connection and intimacy.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
“Gaslight” is a hopeless old melodrama purveying woman-as-victim tropes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
We’ve been pointing the finger at Mercola since as long ago as 2012; he’s been repeatedly cited by the Food and Drug Administration for purveying unsupported medical treatments to his followers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
Researchers find it difficult to track how many men have donated semen, how many children have resulted from each individual’s donation, and how much money is spent on procuring and purveying sperm.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 12, 2019
Or if necessity of thing coming Be cause certain of the purveying.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
