massing
- present participle of mass.
Example Sentences
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Tankers are already massing outside the Strait to fill up.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts believe are part of Beijing's preparations for a potential regional crisis or conflict.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Now troops are massing near the border region, raising concerns that Ethiopia’s long-term ambitions will feed into a long-running conflict with ethnic Tigrayan rebels, who dominate the Ethiopian side of the frontier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Then comes the mosquito-like whine of the incoming Russian drones, massing in their hundreds just above the clouds.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
The Tribune argued that the only greater gathering was the massing of Xerxes’ army of over five million souls in the fifth century B.C.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
