Get to know Duking better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Duking meaning
present participle and gerund of duke
Using Duking
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of duke
- In the example corpus, duking often appears in combinations such as: duking it, be duking, were duking.
Context around Duking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Duking
- In this selection, "duking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ring, left and allies stand out and add context to how "duking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include will be duking it out and 6 seeds duking it out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "duking" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with duking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Two Democrats are duking it out to face popular Republican Gov. Charlie Baker. (13 words)
A star bout pits two boxers in the ring duking it out for the lightweight title. (16 words)
Out in the midwest, top Smashers will be duking it out in the Full Bloom 5 Major. (17 words)
While Wright makes clear that publicly duking it out with Donald Trump doesn’t make sense for Trudeau, he has no illusions about what the U.S. president represents and how he should be dealt with. (36 words)
The CHA plays its entire conference tournament in one weekend, with the top two seeds getting a bye and the 3 through 6 seeds duking it out on Friday to advance to the semifinals. (34 words)
Sue therefore won Individual Immunity for the women, and she cried about her ability to defeat a bunch of "warriors," and then Kyle and Andy were left duking it out for safety. (32 words)
Example sentences (16)
He must learn how to utilize his powers while also duking it out with his father who he still loves and cares for, resulting in some really heartbreaking drama.
A star bout pits two boxers in the ring duking it out for the lightweight title.
Sue therefore won Individual Immunity for the women, and she cried about her ability to defeat a bunch of "warriors," and then Kyle and Andy were left duking it out for safety.
These guys were going down and they were duking it out intellectually in the Agora or in Rome, in the senate.
Captain America: Civil War featured Earth's Mightiest heroes and their allies duking it out over the fate of Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier and the Sokovia Accords.
He'll be duking it out against Razorhide, a gnoll played by Ify Nwadiwe, in the first ever "Brawl in the Living Wall" match.
It’s a classic case of where two doesn’t go into one with two ministers perhaps duking it out for one seat.
Meanwhile, Atkinson will star in short-form, 10-part comedy series “Man vs Bee,” which finds him housesitting a luxurious mansion while duking it out with a pesky bee.
While the Flames were duking it out with the Hatters, another battle was taking place in North Florida’s UNF Arena.
Yeesh!) This seems like a good result for baby Dream, so let’s hope the family continues to prioritize her over duking it out in court.
Out in the midwest, top Smashers will be duking it out in the Full Bloom 5 Major.
Bomb squads from across the country saddled up their robots and are duking it out at the ninth annual Western National Robot Rodeo and Capability Exercise at Sandia National Laboratories.
Some of the favorites that will be duking it out are Tombstone, Minotaur, Chomp, Witch Doctor, Bronco, Bombshell, Biteforce, Yeti, and more.
The CHA plays its entire conference tournament in one weekend, with the top two seeds getting a bye and the 3 through 6 seeds duking it out on Friday to advance to the semifinals.
Two Democrats are duking it out to face popular Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.
While Wright makes clear that publicly duking it out with Donald Trump doesn’t make sense for Trudeau, he has no illusions about what the U.S. president represents and how he should be dealt with.
Common combinations with duking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- duking it 16×
- be duking 3×
- were duking 2×
- are duking 2×