channel
noun
the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
is channelling
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present progressiveof channel (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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Nighy is channelling his most recent character - a football coach who takes an England squad to an international tournament.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
The only tool the ECB has laid out so far is channelling reinvestments from maturing bonds bought for pandemic-era stimulus back into the markets experiencing stress.
From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2022
The quantum-computing community is channelling most of its efforts towards building the ultimate machine: a digital quantum computer that tolerates noise and errors, and that in principle can be applied to any problem.
From Nature ● Mar. 2, 2017
Political impersonators often talk about the thrill of inhabiting a political leader—it can seem as if an entertainer is channelling the original rather than simply acting.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2016
Each participant is channelling their worries and hopes into the desire to be in a film.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2016
