cox
noun
coxing
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present participleof cox.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Juyon founded the group after she was struck by the amount of rubbish floating around her boat while she was coxing on the River Avon at high tide.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
UW senior Grace Murdock, who has been coxing UW’s women’s second varsity eight, got her start in high school and soon learned there was more to the job than she thought.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
When sophomore Bronwen Holmes got the call to shift from coxing the Jackson-Reed girls’ third-fastest varsity boat to the boys’ fastest boat — right before the boys’ two national championship races — she was apprehensive.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022
“It’s a very windy river so coxing becomes very important,” Callahan said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2021
When he enrolled at the University of Washington, he set his sights on coxing.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
