tattooing
- present participle of tattoo.
Example Sentences
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When he started tattooing in 2004, he used the pseudonym Sunrat Tattoo, and ran his first studio out of a basement.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
While he sported multiple tattoos, these days “people are tattooing their entire faces—and then having surgery to remove their lips and ears, so they look like aliens.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Though the tattooing prohibition will no longer be a permanent feature of South Korean society, removing it completely may be a slow and painful process.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
She did have her tattooing equipment, she said, but was planning to ink a fellow tattoo artist, not to work professionally.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2025
“The Half-pint Beanfield Angel,” Onofre hooted insanely, tattooing the earth with his boots.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
