shovelling
- present participle of shovel.
Example Sentences
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Images released by state media showed Kim shovelling soil alongside other officials at a ceremony attended by an excited crowd clapping and waving North Korean flags.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Miller blasted a long shot toward the Oilers’ net and Lindholm picked it up, kicking the puck to his stick at the bottom of the slot, then shovelling a backhanded shot into the Edmonton net.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024
Reuters photos showed earth movers and rescue workers shovelling silt and mud to dig out military vehicles buried by the riverside.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
How do they not smell what they're shovelling?
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2023
The boy grasped the barking animal, and Joseph pulled them both down behind the car just as the man shovelling snow turned around.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
