- past progressive of form.
Example Sentences
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It attached to areas where new blood vessels were forming - thought to be a key part of early endometriosis growth.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Those spectra tracked changing signatures in the ejected gas, and new spectral features matched up with structures seen in the interferometric images, providing a direct one-to-one confirmation of how the flows were forming and colliding.
From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025
Cracks were forming in the labor market, and inflation was rising.
From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025
Los Angeles County Museum of Art management on Wednesday declined to voluntarily recognize the union its employees announced they were forming last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
The first planes were forming a squadron, and they flew out over the rows of desks.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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