befall
verb (used without object)
to happen or occur.
was befalling
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past progressiveof befall.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I heard enough through the night to know somewhat at least that was befalling, but I kept still.
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
Why did they not realize the magnitude of the disaster that was befalling them?
From Medieval People by Eileen Edna Power
His face had a pitiful expression, as if he would fain tender some help; but young Trevelyan himself hung like a dead weight, and seemed unconscious of what was befalling him.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Each one of us fought and acted for himself, and no one of us knew the extent of the calamity that was befalling us.
From Before Adam by Jack London
All that was befalling him this day seemed to be the consequence of his animal existence, which had led him nowhere except to burrow in the ground.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
