Sentence examples for are compounding from inspiring English sources
verb
To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
"The costs are compounding and the misery is compounding," said Patricia Wrice, Operation Fuel's executive director.
They are compounding Haiti's other woes.
The sanctions are compounding Iran's economic woes.
High food prices are compounding problems in the Horn.
Spain's deep recession and high unemployment are compounding those problems.
The problems there are compounding in a vicious circle.
Self-evidently, tumbling school budgets are compounding the pain.
Retailers are compounding the gloom with October sales figures showing a sharp reduction in spending.
Increasing urban populations are compounding the problem, forcing officials to seek out increasingly distant sources.
Tebbit said of Cameron's tactics: "It is perhaps not altogether wise … we are compounding the problem.
The war in Iraq and SARS are compounding their fears, she said.
