overhang
verb (used with object)
to hang or be suspended over.
were overhanging
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past progressiveof overhang.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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The role included checking on the health of trees, whether they needed pruning or were overhanging and responding to any resident's concern.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2022
On one side of the ground where moss and creeping crowfoot grew, there were overhanging rocks which formed a small cave not much deeper than a man's height.
From The Princess Pocahontas by George Wharton Edwards
Scarlet-runners were overhanging the bank on that turn of the road, near where the school had been, when she passed.
From The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Scarlett said nothing, but stood at the edge of the rocky bank, now looking down into the water, now toward the bushes which were overhanging the lake.
From Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story by J. Nash
Above were overhanging precipices and a blue streak of sunlit sky.
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
