overhang
verb (used with object)
to hang or be suspended over.
was overhanging
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past progressiveof overhang.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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When Gordon, Smith, and Hart minor entered the dining-room they at once perceived that an atmosphere of gloom and menacing storm was overhanging the school.
From Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches by Maurice Baring
She slid her hand under his which was overhanging the division between the seats.
From Wee Macgreegor Enlists by J. J. (John Joy) Bell
The lorry which she had touched was overhanging the edge of the road, and its radiator, striking a tree, had dropped down into the valley below.
From The Happy Foreigner by Enid Bagnold
Even in this book there is struck at times a note of the doom he feared was overhanging us.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward
This, however, was sufficient; another such puff and the ship was almost out of danger, but before it came, the projecting summit of the smaller berg was overhanging the deck.
From The World of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
