- present participle of like.
liking
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"I've always been in and around the fitness game and during my fight career I took a full liking to the strength and conditioning element of it," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
These little things also have cute avatars, which you can customize to your liking.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
“That’s a big step towards people liking AI more.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
But, as Stone makes clear in her video content, her definition of liking or even loving a husband is both laborious and ascetic to an extreme.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
But now I think about what Mr. Powell told me about some people not liking us wearing armbands, and I figure Principal Trask must agree because her face sure is frowny.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
They are, wrote Dickens, “the curious old records of likings and dislikings; of jealousies and revenges; of affection defying the power of death, and hatred pursued beyond the grave.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2015
In matters of art, Blake's hates were as passionate and as swollen with moral assurance as his likings.
From Time Magazine Archive
All Alaskans have their likings, their wants, their plans for solving the problems of the Territory, but in nearly every case two sets of opposite demands were presented to the President.
From Time Magazine Archive
For shops that do it right, there are plenty of lines that a longboard customer should be able to pick through to find his or her likings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hobbits have a passion for mushrooms, surpassing even the greediest likings of Big People.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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