picnicking
- present participle of picnic.
Example Sentences
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A fisherman packed up his rods next to a family picnicking on the waterfront.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Battle scenes — including Bull Run, where picnicking tourists are accurately shown in attendance — are convincingly rendered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
At first, these trolley parks were simply gardens and picnicking grounds, but in time other attractions and rides like roller coasters and Ferris wheels were added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
In full view of the picnicking pensioners waving karaoke mics are huge commercial ships, some as long as three football fields.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025
To the west lay the ancient Grunewald forest, where sixteenth-century German princes hunted stags and wild boars and where Berliners of all classes nowadays enjoyed hiking, picnicking, and foraging for mushrooms.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
