expound
verb (used with object)
to set forth or state in detail.
am expounding
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present progressiveof expound (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Am I to be brought up at every second by a pert schoolgirl when I am expounding the mysteries of life?
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
Why, you need not hiss, for I am expounding the law.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I am expounding all this in rather a schematic manner, but this is permissible for purposes of instruction, and I am not trying to misstate, but only to simplify matters.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
The subtle truths I am expounding cannot be grasped without your complete concentration.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
I am expounding the doctrine of the great Paul of Tarsus, who indeed applies it to this very topic,—the future bliss which God has prepared for them that love him.
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Francis William Newman
