The word 'practising' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the present continuous form of the verb 'practice' (i.e. to carry out an activity for the purpose of learning or improving a skill). For example: "I'm practising my French vocabulary every day."
Hunts in Scotland can continue to kill foxes by practising an exemption to the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act called 'flushing to guns', which means using dogs to chase foxes from beneath cover in order to shoot them.
The big mistake many students make is not practising the thing they will be tested on.
"His style is anchored in the old way of practising politics," Trudeau said.
Oh, and if you're an architect practising in Texas, you will have to get yourself fingerprinted.
Nigel Mason, for Islington North spoke of the 'envy of decent, ordinary people... who see others send their children to better-funded schools practising backdoor selection '.
Already sensing his "transgender difference" but not knowing how to make sense of it, Hegarty was drawn to British acts such as Kate Bush, Marc Almond, the Cocteau Twins, Yazoo and Culture Club, as well as practising singing to Nina Simone.
"In our political system, we are already following and practising for the return of the 12th imam by following the word of our supreme leader," said Hamid Reza Tarighi.
We spent two nights here, practising yoga and meditating right on the water's edge.
And it's amazing how close you get to perfect strangers when you're practising pulling them out of crevasses on a backcountry ski week in Chamonix, France, with Ski Freshtracks (skiclub.co.uk).
A friend who had been in Brisbane told me how she had watched Matt Prior practising in the nets to the noisy accompaniment of insults and expletives from a group of boors.
Now he wants to start practising as a barrister again, and to appreciate a house stuffed with visiting nephews and nieces.
