entail
verb (used with object)
to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence.
was entailing
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past progressiveof entail.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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Canning saw the evils which the crushing policy of his predecessor was entailing, and he reversed it.
From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by Eighth Earl of Elgin James
She had too much dignity to charge back upon the offenders, but she went home full of the story of Fanny's lamentable weakness, and prognostications of the misery she was entailing on herself.
From Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Meanwhile his captivity was entailing dire affliction on his realm; for, despairing of his return, his subjects mustered to the election of a new chief.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 by Various
The war was entailing a tremendous strain upon the resources of the Company.
From The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
This rapid expansion of the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Elevator Company was entailing such an increase in staff organization that it became necessary to provide special office accommodation.
From Deep Furrows by Hopkins Moorhouse
