befall
verb (used without object)
to happen or occur.
were befalling
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past progressiveof befall.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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I saw the troubles that were befalling my native country.
From The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers by Howard Trueman
Madame Midas was a remarkably plucky woman, but it needed all her pluck and philosophy to bear up against the terrible calamities which were befalling her.
From Madame Midas by Fergus Hume
Matters were befalling as well as he could have hoped; for he had come out too late to have followed the cab.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Sax Rohmer
