ferry
noun
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
is ferrying
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present progressiveof ferry (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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In the new musical “The Great Gatsby,” which opened on Thursday night at the Broadway Theater, the grass outside the cottage is groomed, flowers are everywhere, and a fleet of servants is ferrying food.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
Depositing payloads and reclaiming others in orbit is an added perk to Starship’s stated goal, which is ferrying cargo, and eventually crews, to the moon and Mars.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2021
And both Bezos and Branson are behind Elon Musk, close to Bezos in the wealth race, whose SpaceX is ferrying astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
The Coast Guard is ferrying the last of St. John’s dazed tourists to large cruise ships destined for Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2017
When he came to the river, he got on to the ferry-boat, but the ferryman pushed him away from the shore, and there Marko remained as ferryman ever after, and there he is ferrying still.
From Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)
