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US
/ˈstɑɹtɪŋ/
]
[ UK /stˈɑːtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /stˈɑːtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
with eyes starting from their sockets -
appropriate to the beginning or start of an event
hands in the starting position
the starting point
NOUN
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a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen
he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital
How To Use starting In A Sentence
- The children were starting to get a bit fed up.
- I always take a couple of aspirins when I feel a cold starting.
- Likewise, it was ixnay on the ommentcay when asked about reports that former show exec producer Nigel Lythgoe is returning triumphant to the show after having been pushed aside a couple of seasons back when that was their Really Bright Idea for jump-starting "Idol" and revving up ratings. 'D.C. Cupcakes' will get second season; only Ryan Seacrest certain on 'Idol'
- After laying down the melody, he proceeded to deconstruct it, pulling it into new shapes, twisting, fragmenting, yet never losing touch with his starting point.
- It was mid autumn and the leaves were already starting to swirl around me as a harsher wind blew, creating almost a curtain of color each time the breeze came.
- All this makes him an apposite starting point for those on the far right in search of intellectual sugarcoating.
- Starting in April, mortgage servicers began signing up for the program.
- Starting this month, rival United Parcel Service Inc.'s freight division is raising average noncontractual shipping rates in North America by 6.9%, as the industry copes with rapidly rising fuel costs. FedEx to Raise U.S., Canada Freight Rates 6.8%
- At the time, the Reno Air Races were starting up and John thought it might be fun to take the big Cat around the pylons.
- His hair was starting to gray around the edges, and his eyes were sunken, hidden away behind bags and wrinkles that were now forming.
