radiate
verb (used without object)
to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
are radiating
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present progressiveof radiate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Beyond crime scenes and courtrooms, the ripples are radiating to other reservations across Oklahoma.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2020
The White House shift on Iran points to a sense of diplomatic urgency at a moment when the effects of the Syrian war are radiating far beyond the nation's borders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2015
There have already been casualties among companies dependent on the public purse, such as Connaught, but the problems are radiating out into the retail and leisure sectors.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2010
Davis calculated a year ago that on the basis of what scientists know and theorize about the sun, less than one-fifth as many neutrinos are radiating from it as would be expected.
From Time Magazine Archive
A central opening in the top forms a kind of mouth, around which are radiating tentacles connecting with the open chambers formed by the partitions within.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 by Various
