happening
IPA: hˈæpʌnɪŋ
noun
- Something that happens.
- A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.
adjective
- (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
- (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
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Examples of "happening" in Sentences
- All I see happening is people trying to score political points.
- To go as long as I have without something like this happening is a miracle.
- The only thing happening is that more of our soldiers are getting killed everyday.
- An estate upon condition is one which depends upon the happening _or not happening_ of some event.
- I'm not saying it will happen, but the risk of it happening is real and one that you should approach with a little more humility and respect.
- Whats happening is that these political operatives are using the TEA movement to get themselves elected and continue just as they did before.
- The only thing that can stop this from happening is an irrational attachment to having a weak public option provision part of a bill right now.
- I object to the term “nationalization” when what was happening is simply a liquidation (more to the point, a quick liquidation in a down market).
- Lizzy on Jul 3, 2008 one amendment to my post. i take back saying that the whole of what's "happening" is a joke. there is a strong, clear message behind it.
- And I couldn't even use the Gift I'd been born with, the telepathy that would have let me know who to trust, how to protect myself, maybe even let me understand why the things that always seemed to be happening to me kept happening_ '
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