smooth
adjective
free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough.
are smoothing
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present progressiveof smooth.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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Increasingly, luxury resorts and lodges are smoothing the learning curve, pairing upscale accommodations with fully outfitted excursions that take care of the logistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Just down the street from my family’s Venice home, workers are smoothing plaster inside a 6,000-square-foot new house whose owners, a young couple from the Bay Area, will soon have a property worth $7 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
The last steps for Rosenthal are smoothing his delivery and honing his release point, said Tejera, who has been through Tommy John himself.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2019
Steady rewards of carrots and apples, reportedly, are smoothing the creatures' way toward their appearance on the McCaw Hall stage.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2011
His art is nothing but delightful cozenage, whose rules are smoothing and guarded with perjury; whose scope is to make men fools in teaching them to overvalue themselves, and to tickle his friends to death.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
