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present participle and gerund of march examples
countable and uncountable, plural marchings
Action described by the verb "to march". quotations examples
A pianoforte is desirable, to lead the singing, and accompany the plays, gymnastics, frequent marchings, and dancing, when that is taught,—which it should be.
1862, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 61, November, 1862
But of the marchings and retreatings of these Six-thousand no Xenophon exists. Nothing, but an inarticulate hum, of cursing and sooty frenzy, surviving dubious in the memory of ages!
1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, (please specify the book or page number)
All steps and marchings executed from a halt, except right step, begin with the left foot.
1917, War Department, Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry
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That marches. examples
Placed or situated in a line or lines, reminiscent or evocative of marching soldiers. quotations examples
[T]he occasional trees, the stone-heaps, the marching fences, the stumps, the saplings, the cows, and the feeding sheep.
1961, Colin Thiele, The Sun on the Stubble, Melbourne: Rigby Limited, page 61