beavering
- present participle of beaver.
Example Sentences
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A detective, in the form of a Firmin scholar, is beavering around.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
Take the method that Ian Chen at Deakin University in Australia and colleagues are currently beavering away on.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022
Adam Le Doux, the creator of the game-making software, was working as a programmer at Microsoft while beavering away on creative projects in his spare time.
From The Verge ● Mar. 7, 2022
Still, alphas from Yale or Harvard aren’t likely to be happy beavering away on projects that never reach fruition.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2017
Thank'ee, Hurry; thank'ee, with all my heart—but I do a little beavering for myself as occasions offer.
From The Deerslayer by Cooper, James Fenimore
