- past progressive of appear.
Example Sentences
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Other symptoms were appearing as well: nausea, and a rib that continually dislocated.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025
The messages sent to Nikki’s iPhone were appearing in green on Chloe’s phone, meaning that her iPhone was either off or out of service.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025
Liu observed that these two amino acids were appearing at different concentrations.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
Both Dearc and Skiphosoura are unusually large for their time also suggesting that the changes that enabled the pterodactlyoids to reach enormous sizes were appearing even in these transitional species.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
The first stars were appearing in the fading light of the sunset.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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