extruding

Definition of extrudingnext
present participle of extrude

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of extruding Where a good firm stone would help the snail push back against the starfish and right herself again, the sand would slither out from under or close over her; and the starfish would bear down, extruding its stomach to engulf her, its digestive juices dissolving her alive. Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extruding
Verb
  • Pautler recommends ejecting pods after each use, as well as occasionally rinsing removable parts of the machines.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The trans-Atlantic alliance's founding treaty has no mechanism for suspending or ejecting any of the members, although nations may leave of their own accord one year after notifying the other allies.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Bain excels in a few other areas that happen to be vital for those chasing QBs for a living.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Producer Lindsay Doran has pretty much been chasing it ever since and finally got the film version made.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Federal lawyers said judges made mistakes in dismissing the cases by arguing the Civil Rights Act granted the attorney general access to local voting records.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Quit dismissing them as uneducated.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Angels could be seen all around — some on the walls depicting Moses' life and death, and another above, on Michelangelo’s fresco, banishing Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Was banishing Natalie Anderson Tara’s ultimate undoing?
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The workers reported black liquid expelling into the ditch.
    Arcelia Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Their boneless design also enables unique movement — from crawling along the ocean floor to jetting through water by expelling it rapidly from their bodies.
    Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026

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“Extruding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extruding. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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