Undergoing

Examples

• Through the window was seen the interior of a cathedral, undergoing partial repair, with the figures of two or three workmen resting from their labour. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Her uncle, ignorant as the table supporting his coffee-cup of all his niece had undergone and was undergoing, scarcely believed his ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In fact, I could feel myself weakening from the mental and physical strain I had been undergoing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• One-thousandth part of the acid introduced into a vat of gelatine or into decoctions of animal matter, prevents their undergoing decomposition for an indefinite period of time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• And in the present age, man is probably no longer undergoing differentiation at all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But it is full of indignation to-night after undergoing the ordeal of consigning to the tomb the remains of a faithful, a zealous, a devoted adherent. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Like a Red Indian undergoing torture, Gerald would experience the whole process of slow death without wincing or flinching. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Ship after ship reeled and staggered into uselessness beneath the pitiless fire that we were undergoing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I glanced towards the centre of the room, where Miss Jellyby's lover, now engaged with single pupils, was undergoing greater drudgery than ever. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A separation of the active doing phase from the passive undergoing phase destroys the vital meaning of an experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Meantime, the telephonic art in America was undergoing very rapid development. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He is exhibiting Socrates for the first time undergoing the Socratic interrogation. Plato. The Republic.
• But as long as selection is rapidly going on, much variability in the parts undergoing modification may always be expected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• We can no longer prepare the individual for a community when our ideas of a community are shattered and undergoing reconstruction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On the passive, it is undergoing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They declared that the radioactive substances must be undergoing a spontaneous transformation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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