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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Had she imagined half the misery she was entailing on this singularly susceptible and imaginative child, instead of exulting in her gift, she would have mourned over its influence, in dust and ashes.
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee
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 James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
So that in this matter we have lapsed from our early faith; and a sad, sad lapse it was, entailing untold mourning, lamentation, and woe.
From Love's Final Victory by Horatio
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 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary
