referring
- present participle of refer.
Example Sentences
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"I said goodbye to you and did not know what lay ahead," he said referring to their final meeting.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Where is Roker?” he asked, referring to “Today” weather anchor Al Roker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
B. Riley analyst Mike Crawford summed up the political-military scene in a note to clients on Thursday by referring to “an emerging generational recapitalization of global defense posture and budgets.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
And a few women describe the experience of "leg hair harassment" or a term coined online as "sunehara", referring to the discomfort of being forced to see their colleague's leg hair.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Well, we don’t know, presumably from these unidentified craft,” the secretary explained, referring to the enemy boats in Herrick’s cable.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
