was supervening
- past progressive of supervene.
Example Sentences
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His feeling of intense enmity to Dockwrath was beginning to wear away, and one of modified friendship for the whole family was supervening.
From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony
I could hardly make my way at all, for a strange sort of delirium was supervening.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick
