prick
noun
a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
will be pricking
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future progressiveof prick.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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I suppose that in England the people will be pricking up their ears when they learn what we are doing here, and that we shall have plenty of emigrants from home.
From California Four Months among the Gold-Finders, being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts by Henry Vizetelly
The English will be pricking forth in search of us: so I will but thank you for your loyal aid.’
From The Caged Lion by Charlotte Mary Yonge
