result
verb (used without object)
to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
was resulting
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past progressiveof result.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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“This could ultimately be a multibillion-dollar change that was resulting from largely this one sailor’s interaction with the president,” said Bryan Clark, a naval expert with the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Her staff had reported that a near-total lack of infant formula, with many new mothers so malnourished they could not produce breast milk, was resulting in babies starving to death.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
In the past few years, the office has released audits of the department’s use of facial recognition and of the LAPD’s secretive disciplinary system, which it found was resulting in many proposed penalties being downgraded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Inflation was increasing operating expenses, the board wrote, and the inability to pay competitive wages was resulting in an ongoing loss of talent.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2022
Mr. Spicer's eye dwelt upon the great heap of weeds which was resulting from his labour; an odour somewhat too poignant arose from it upon the close air.
From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by George Gissing
