- present participle of happen.
happening
Example Sentences
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"And I was just interested as to why that was happening."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“It’s like a sense of betrayal, you know, that happening to my dad … like what was the point in all this?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The most significant activity is happening with concessions, which don’t show up in headline prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
"Although it is happening in the Middle East, it affects us here now," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Moshom seemed unfazed, but Kathy just sat there with the plate in front of her, wondering what was happening.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
What makes “Recession” so vivid, and so unsettling, is that Mr. Goodspeed rarely finds recessions caused by a single one of these shocks, but by a series of adverse happenings over a short period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The litigation unveiled the private happenings of Hollywood elite, including texts and emails from Lively, Baldoni and their host of A-list friends.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
They’re all free “drop-in” happenings, with no registration required.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
The news outlet recorded the coastal community’s quotidian happenings for generations, documenting births, marriages, deaths, soccer games, high school graduations, Fourth of July parades, the Mr. and Miss Palisades contest and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
Jethro chose carefully from among the day’s happenings those things that he wished to tell them.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
