wing
noun
either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
are winging
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present progressiveof wing.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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I think just about every parent on the earth, they ain't going to tell you, but they are winging it.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2022
As someone on my Facebook page responded: “All adults are winging it.”
From Time ● Dec. 29, 2014
Because fewer ducks are winging South each season, the Foundation has been inclined to discount the importance of overshooting, modern firearms, lax game law enforcement as causes of duck decline.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two handkerchiefs gleam in the air, two handfuls of snow are floating back, two white doves are winging their way homewards with even flight.
From Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Constance Garnett
Springtime is here, tra-la, tra-la, Brooklets run clear, tra-la, tra-la, Birds are winging, flowers springing, For springtime is here, tra-la, tra-la.
From Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State by Grace R. Clifton
