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How to spell cruising

Cruising is spelled C-R-U-I-S-I-N-G.

hear itcruis·ing/'kruzɪŋ/verbHidden vowels

What it means: Traveling smoothly or riding along at a steady, easy speed.

In a sentence: We spent the sunny morning cruising around the neighborhood on our bicycles.

The part people get wrong

Drop the silent e before adding -ing; ui makes the oo sound.

Same family: cruise, cruises, cruised. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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