gutter
noun
a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
is guttering
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present progressiveof gutter (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 flame of American idealism, which shone so brightly from my book of speeches, is guttering.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2017
It is some time later, that I am sleepily aware that one of the candles is guttering.
From The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
Studio September 3, 1517 My lamp is guttering.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
Its glass sides are shaped like church windows, but the flame of the candle inside is guttering and going out.
From Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children by James Patrick
The candle is guttering and I must go.
From Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
