teethe
verb (used without object)
are teething
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present progressiveof teethe.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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But proponents insist those are teething defects in a nascent technology — and fixable.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
The point is that the teachers in her room make the babies homemade strawberry ice pops when they are teething.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
Our attitude, mistakenly, we now believe, has always been to say: ‘These are teething problems, and that these will be resolved if we are patient.’
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2020
"About 90% of these 800 ideas are teething innovations. We scale about one in 10. You have to be willing to take on risk, but it needs to be smart risk."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2017
If you have children, however, that are teething, the nursery should be a good way up stairs; at sea, it ought to be in the mizzen-top.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville
