the way things are going

phrase

: if things continue to happen like this

The way things are going, I may lose my job.

Examples of the way things are going in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the way things are going, the day might not be far off when a school sues its own conference over enforcement of rules pertaining to intra-conference transfers. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Even a new poll by the pro-Trump Fox News network found that 64% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country. — Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026

The poll found 74% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country, while 24% are satisfied. — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025

With the way things are going, American taxpayers are sure to follow. — Victoria MacHado, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for the way things are going

• bestowing
• churchgoing
• elbowing
• fallowing
• farrowing
• foregoing
• forgoing
• ongoing
• outflowing
• outgoing
• outgrowing
• seagoing