- present participle of encounter.
encountering
Example Sentences
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He’s streamlined the drama to an hour and 40 minutes and cut and combined some characters, though he promises that audiences will be encountering “the whole play.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
As L3Harris is now encountering, looking past misconduct allegations at previous employers can backfire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In reality, Leavitt is without a doubt the worst White House press secretary that I’ve ever had the displeasure of encountering since the day I first met Larry Speakes during the Reagan administration.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
However, Stein said there is no reason to worry about encountering one.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
While modern classical music had its challenges, older music was encountering its own difficulties in the twentieth century, despite - or indeed because of - an explosion in recordings in the 1960s.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
