How do you pronounce cornering?

The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɔɹnɚɪŋ/.

cornering

/kˈɔɹnɚɪŋ/

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Frequency: 2.66 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of corner

noun

noun

"We have been informed that these cornerings are rarely used when the ceilings are not decorated […]"
"1809–1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life Aside; ay, ay, but take care, I advise you, of her asides, and her whisperings, and her cornerings, and her inuendoes, and semiconfidences, lest your own happiness, my dear, unsuspecting, enthusiastic daughter, should be the sacrifice."

cornerings (plural)

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