- present participle of bend.
bending
Example Sentences
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Somehow, he managed to restrain himself from bending to one knee and kissing the president’s ring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
For more than 20 years, Lionel Messi has been able to do anything he wants on a soccer pitch, bending the game to his will and conjuring otherworldly moves out of thin air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
As Canada manager Jesse Marsch said afterwards: "They were bending a little bit but they didn't break."
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Einstein’s general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
When food was scarce in Rin, Rowcin had had to climb trees, bending the leafy branches down to meet the snuffling, eager mouths of the hungry buk-shah.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
