sandwiching
- 1Present participle and gerund of sandwich.
The crowd was sandwiching us tightly against the front of the stage.
Sandwiching the fragile vase between layers of foam protected it during the move.
Note
One -ing form doing two jobs: a participle inside progressive verbs (the crowd was sandwiching us) and a gerund that names the action itself (sandwiching the vase protected it). Either way it keeps the verb's transitive pattern, taking an object and usually a between phrase. That phrase works in time as readily as in space: sandwiching a meeting between two flights follows the same construction as sandwiching a vase between layers of foam.
sandwiching is a form of sandwich
sandwich, verb: To put or fit something or someone into a narrow space or a short period between two other things, people, or events, so that it is enclosed on both sides. Full entry
- Forms
- sandwichsandwiches he/she/itsandwiching -ing formsandwiched past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- sandwich → sandwiching: add -ing
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