ray
noun
a narrow beam of light.
raying
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present participleof ray.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Ever since Colonel Lindbergh flew one across the Atlantic in 1927, most U. S. aeronautical engineers have been developing air-cooled, radial engines with cylinders raying out like huge wheel-spokes around a short, chunky crankshaft.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was looking around the hem to see if the quilt maker had stitched in her initials, but the edges were all raying away.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
You ask me why I am raying," said the fair young creature; "but, indeed, I cannot tell you.
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
In the picture of "Progress," which he loved, there was a glow, a glory of light, raying out to a far horizon.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Robert Smythe Hichens
The Cross is an eternal power, raying out light and love over all humanity and through all ages.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren
