doctor
noun
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
is doctoring
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present progressiveof doctor (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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Whoever is doctoring the cartridges in Syria can readily acquire rounds with different headstamps and modify them in future batches.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2012
The one thing Wedgecroft's no good at is doctoring.
From Waste A Tragedy, In Four Acts by Harley Granville-Barker
She sits on the nearest chair. amy. You're not ill . . interviewing a doctor? trebell. The one thing Wedgecroft's no good at is doctoring.
From Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste by Harley Granville-Barker
The next time papa has a cold, I haven't a doubt, he will send for Miss H—— the young lady who is doctoring in the "Mind Cure" theory, to cure him of it.
From Chapters from My Autobiography by Mark Twain
