itch
verb (used without object)
to have or feel a peculiar tingling or uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected.
will be itching
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future progressiveof itch.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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For Manchester City's players, it probably presents a different problem in that they will be itching to keep their momentum going.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
More talent will be itching to follow Joe McCarthy, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Tommaso Menoncello and Nolann le Garrec, who all shone last year.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
Little fingers will be itching to touch her tempting cut-outs of storybook A-frame houses, a faceted diamond and a towering mousse cake.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
Unless you are a resolute cat person, you will be itching to scratch a dog behind its ears.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
After a whole afternoon of this work, our back will be aching, our fingers will be itching and smarting and we shall possess a dozen Osmia-nests and perhaps two or three Resin-bees' nests.
From Bramble-Bees and Others by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
