- present participle of form.
forming
Example Sentences
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At Narita, sleeping bags piled up as passengers slept all over the terminal, with massive lines forming for check-in across the airport.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Is this a new bond forming between these 2?” the nonprofit wrote in a social media post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
There is no denying, however, that the energy sector has been regrouping and forming a technical base largely over the last four months, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Kushner and Abehsera refined plans, forming a venture named Sazan Real Estate Development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
They circled each other playfully before settling to the right among a cluster of smaller stars, forming a new constellation just below Ursa Major—woman and her two children, forever reunited in the sky.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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