were befalling
- past progressive of befall.
Example Sentences
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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 Hume, Fergus
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 Rohmer, Sax
I saw the troubles that were befalling my native country.
From The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers by Trueman, Howard
