blister
noun
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
is blistering
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present progressiveof blister (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Here are tips for keeping your plants alive when the weather is blistering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2021
Except when Belichick is blistering Brady for something in practice, which he does periodically for the benefit of the team.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2017
His tempo is blistering, his theme is his greatness, his cadence is predictable, and the track goes on for far too long.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 17, 2016
Sohana's family and the medical team agree that her skin is blistering less and the wounded areas are healing better.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2013
In summer-time the weather is blistering hot inland; and on the coast it is more often than not wet, foggy, blustering—bitter enough for the man from the south, who shivers as he goes about.
From Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman by Norman Duncan
