- present participle of behave.
behaving
Example Sentences
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His team also tracked adult cuttlefish numbers during the dive survey, and said the dozen or so they saw - when there should have been tens of thousands - appeared to be behaving differently.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“We’re more tolerant, players are behaving better and coaches are doing a good job in education,” Crittendon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
In Ho’s view, the crypto market stopped behaving like a healthy risk asset after the October crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The researchers concluded that these participants were not simply behaving more recklessly.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
We didn’t have an upper register, so to speak, but only the middle range of our shared experience and ways of behaving, of joking around.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
