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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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
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
