gimping

present participle of gimp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimping
Verb
  • After limping through multiple playoffs with a consistently anemic power play, this year’s version looks ready to finally provide the Leafs with an edge.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Anything is possible as the Panthers enter their final five-game stretch of the regular season almost limping to the finish.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • They were left operating on fumes by the end, with Ollie Watkins — Duran’s replacement — starved of service and Morgan Rogers consigned to trudging off the pitch, knowing his long dribbling bursts would have scant options ahead of him.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The glass shattered, and the crowd surged forward, trampling 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour to death in their desperation for deals.
    Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
  • In other words, politics and emotion are presently trampling on market prices that, by virtue of them being set in markets, are free of politics and emotion.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Gimping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimping. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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