failing

/ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/

FEꞮ · lɪŋ (2 syllables)

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Definition

present participle and gerund of fail

Example Sentences

  • "As we breasted the first summit, the precipitous mass of the Raven's Rock, towering some 250 ft. above the railway, looked grim and forbidding in the failing light, and distant Ben Wyves was shrouded in mist."
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