transpire
verb (used without object)
to occur; happen; take place.
are transpiring
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present progressiveof transpire.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Then the media departed, and there’s all these other stories that are transpiring, the day-to-day minor dramas. That tends to be what I’m more drawn to in my fiction.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
Other researchers have found similar patterns, “so this is not the only study suggesting that these events are transpiring after Covid-19 infection,” he added.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
Other researchers have found similar patterns, “so this is not the only study suggesting that these events are transpiring after COVID-19 infection,” he added.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
More often than not the real stories are transpiring in the silences, in the margins and ellipses that another filmmaker might be inclined to fill in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2019
Much of it belongs to modern days; ay, similar scenes are transpiring even now.
From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid
