- present participle of fast.
fasting
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As the fasting period went on, their movement gradually increased again.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
That possibility is especially intriguing because the participants had been fasting when the effects were observed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
However he explained some were losing weight too quickly by fasting for long periods which was not sustainable.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
"It was actually quite an interesting time to be there, and realising how important religion is to the people of Morocco and how seriously they take the fasting ritual," Smith said.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The depression that comes with fasting and strict penance deepened as Lent drew to its completion.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
His prayers and fastings so weakened the body, that frequently for hours and sometimes for days he would lose consciousness, and fall into death-like swoons.
From Glories of Spain by Charles W. (William) Wood
Like the ancient monks, Jesus practised long fastings and abstained from flesh meats, though he ate fish and vegetables.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
It might have been the resort of that Hannah who departed not from the Temple but served the Lord with fastings and with prayers day and night.
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Georgiana Fullerton
The reason was, that for all his fastings and penances, he was a lazy Camel, and he wanted to graze without the trouble of walking about.
From The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India by William Crooke
God stands in no need of any external ceremonies of ours, our watchings, fastings, or cryings, to awaken him, who “neither slumbereth nor sleepeth.”
From True Christianity by Johann Arndt
