bottle
noun
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
is bottling
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present progressiveof bottle (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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The placement of the jet stream, farther north than usual, is also linked to a strong and stable polar vortex, which is bottling up frigid air at the very high latitudes.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
The next step is bottling the pop, even adding some, while smoothing out the holes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021
ARK is bottling their beers, but has not heard from the government.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2015
Now, as Paul finds himself unexpectedly face to face with an ex-military mate from his Black Mountain unit, we start to get a better sense of the darkness that Paul is bottling inside.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2015
"So he is," he replied with a laugh: "and while he is bottling up St. Malo we shall slip by to Havre; trust Duguay for that."
From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Herbert Strang
