Used in a Sentence

observing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for observing.

Editorial note

Once you are calm, you can orient yourself by observing air bubbles for example, even in turbulent water.

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Quick take

observation

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of observing gathered in one view.

noun

observation

adjective

observant

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for observing.

Example sentences

1

Once you are calm, you can orient yourself by observing air bubbles for example, even in turbulent water.

2

Trump is/was doing multimillion dollar real estate development with outside investor's money, and observing lots of corporate formalities.

3

The silly fiction is not observing that this has already happened to twitter, facebook and reddit.

4

Think of it as Charlie observing a lot of the prior principles but putting it into a real life/business context.

5

On the contrary, more time spent reading her essay is less time to spend observing ants.

6

For a star like ours with a single Earth-size planet at 1AU, the odds of observing a transit are 0.47%.

7

It is like observing chemical reactions in a sterile medium, not in a natural one.

8

Graffiti is recognized by observing the strokes (direction, turns, etc) as it is drawn, with each pen lift/touch marking the characters.

9

She goes to great pains to talk about observing things like ants and coffee with friends instead of staring at screens.

10

How about observing how well they perform before bringing in your Ayn Rand propaganda.

11

Since it has the power in some sense to observe, it can even train itself by observing the results of its actions.

12

Going into the unknown water without someone aware is folly and I thought she would be observing me.

Quote examples

1

From observing friends, less and less are interested in reading beyond "140 characters" or whatever is considered byte size.

2

You will start observing things that were always there, but the subconscious part of your brain was filtering it out because it was considered "useless".

3

(...) I disagree with you on the "whole point" of the article (...) more time spent reading her essay is less time to spend observing ants The point of the article is not that everyone should become an entomologist.

4

I wouldn't mind that; I just like peeking at internal admin panels and observing how much design effort a company or individual decides to put into an "industrial" software system that's only meant for internal and/or limited use.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use observing in a sentence?

Once you are calm, you can orient yourself by observing air bubbles for example, even in turbulent water.

What does observing mean?

observation

What part of speech is observing?

observing is commonly used as noun, adjective.