form
noun
external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration.
forming
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present participleof form.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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This selectively weakened the cells responsible for driving the disease while normal blood forming stem cells were better able to compensate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
In laboratory experiments, the researchers found that RNA began forming droplets at temperatures about 10 degrees Celsius lower than the corresponding DNA.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Once described as a perpetual prime minister-in-waiting, he finally got the top job in 2022, but only by forming an uneasy coalition with his one-time adversaries UMNO.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Little did Russia and Germany know they were forming the kernels of nation-states that would outlast their own empires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
But then another tank and then another followed, forming a seemingly endless line.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
