- present participle of brew.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of brewing
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at brew, -ing 1
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Currently, the company offers a one-hour total body scan that uses its proprietary technology to screen for brewing problems in the blood, skin, and metabolism.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Burton's links with beer date back to the 11th Century when monks first started brewing.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
On Monday, hundreds of professional stand-up comedians flooded Instagram and TikTok with front-facing videos outlining an issue in the comedy community that had been brewing for months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The International Chamber of Commerce warns that shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are brewing a global food security crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But the sudden disappearance, then returning without a single soul...There was something brewing, a cauldron that the king had journeyed to stir.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
So what more natural than they would one day talk over endless coffeepots into innumerable midnights, and out of all the talk and the bitter brewings would come—the House of Usher.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
I had just enough left for two brewings, so after drinking the tea I preserved the leaves for further use, wrapping them carefully in a bit of rag.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace
In Louisville the brewings of Messrs. M. & G. are highly valued by all.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday
She had already the woman's trick of washing her hair in the young birch brewings.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro
She came with a bad character enough, accused of bewitching men to their death, spoiling brewings and churnings, and hurting cattle and corn—of being, in fact, a terrible pest to the whole neighbourhood.
From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
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