is befalling
- present progressive of befall (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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It doesn’t help that a rainstorm of biblical proportions is befalling Chicago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
One important difference between last year’s crisis and what is befalling New York Community Bancorp: The bank’s deposits appear to be relatively stable.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
“Then we would see stories about the economic calamity that is befalling our nation,” he said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2015
The look on their faces is at once ferocious and deeply self-aware, as if they understand the inevitability of the fate that is befalling the people they were made to protect.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2015
"It is because of what is befalling," said one of the servants.
From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic
