overhang
verb (used with object)
to hang or be suspended over.
is overhanging
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present progressiveof overhang (3rd person singular).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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He had reportedly urged the president to allow himself to be interviewed by Mr Mueller in order to hurry along the inquiry that is overhanging his presidency.
From BBC ● May 2, 2018
But a pesky psychological climate is overhanging the securities markets.
From Time Magazine Archive
I think it is extraordinarily kind of you to care to have me among you at this moment, when a vote of censure is overhanging my head.
From Time Magazine Archive
A bank is overhanging a little bow-shaped dell, as the eaves of an old house lean out to shelter half a pavement.
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
"And I am fifty-six, and yet you think old age is weighing me down, while a wreath of snow-drops is overhanging your brow."
From Napoleon and Blucher by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
