rescue
verb (used with object)
to free or deliver from confinement, danger, or difficulty: She rescued me from an awkward conversation.
rescuing
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present participleof rescue.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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The presence of Cruise -- a man sometimes credited with rescuing the box office after its pandemic slump with "Top Gun: Maverick" -- was always going to make the film stand out.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
But downsizing means rescuing yourself from being a “prisoner of your possessions,” as Ciji Ware writes in her new book, “Rightsizing Over 70.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
And one commenter, referencing the classic hot firemen calendars used as fundraisers, wrote: “Someone should make a calendar of handsome men rescuing cats and dogs!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
I alerted the organizations involved in rescuing monuments threatened by war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But the Aboli-tionists were appalled, and talked of rescuing Sims.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
