bend
verb (used with object)
to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form.
was bending
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past progressiveof bend.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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Others said OpenAI was bending to financial incentives to try to make people attached to its models, people familiar with their thinking said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
She was docked a point when Seidel served at 40-30 4-3 because she was not ready to play - she was bending over in discomfort - and quit at the end of the next game.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
One front leg was bending the wrong way.
From NewsForKids.net ● May 19, 2022
"The man's M.O. was bending and breaking the rules for maximum profit and advantage."
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2021
She was bending over her old treadle Singer sewing machine, threading a bobbin.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
