descry
verb (used with object)
descrying
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present participleof descry.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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My colleague Jessica Winter does have a helpful hint, though, for descrying Trump’s fanciest, sneakiest adviser:
From Slate ● May 2, 2017
Say you were descrying the future TV of 2000, 20 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
She turned, however, before she had proceeded many steps, and descrying Magnhild's look of surprise, sprang back and clasped her in a fervent embrace.
From Magnhild Dust by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
At last, descrying a phosphorescent gleam in the depths, he quickly made his way thither, shrewdly conjecturing that it must be Grendel's hiding place.
From Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
"But these people—" She looked up and down the long room with misty eyes, like one dimly descrying a throng.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
