bend
verb (used with object)
to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form.
were bending
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past progressiveof bend.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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Palms were bending sideways and tree limbs were snapping now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
He called the pair “two men whose arcs in life were bending in different directions.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
The roof’s support beams and trusses were bending but not breaking.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022
She knew they were wrong and developed her own symptom tracker which helped her work out that her triggers were bending over, walking and talking, with a delayed impact in her lungs.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2021
By the time I had reached my parents’ room, the overhead light was on and the cops were bending over my parents’ bed.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
