slum
noun
Often slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
is slumming
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present progressiveof slum (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 formidable actress is slumming here, unable to connect with the thin character or material.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
Even when he is slumming, Cage can inject some life into Walter by acting out, but when he lectures Buddy about death and gratitude, it’s a snooze.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2019
Not once do you get the sense she is slumming.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2017
