encore
interjection
again; once more (used by an audience in calling for an additional number or piece).
encoring
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present participleof encore.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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Love wrapped up the regular set with another brief shot of the Stones' "Sympathy" before encoring with Hole's "Doll Parts."
From Reuters ● Apr. 26, 2010
But is it only men who are encoring so ecstatically?
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
For an hour Mrs. Bindle's guests sang, encoring themselves with enthusiasm.
From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Hebert Jenkins
Darbois needed a little rest, and presented her compliments to the audience and excused herself from replying to the encoring.
From The Idol of Paris by Sarah Bernhardt
The music ran its course and stopped, as all music must, and the couples stood encoring.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
