discoursing
- present participle of discourse.
Example Sentences
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Deploying broad historical knowledge and a keen comparative eye, he does an enormous amount of discoursing around the premise that “the clothes we wear today are anachronistic, irrational and harmful.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 11, 2019
His image should be what politicians and elected officials envision before they begin discoursing about what can we do, what must we do, to ensure this does not happen again.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2018
"That's like a field trip to heaven," says Mara, who seconds earlier was discoursing on the debilitating effects of screen life.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2018
But those kinds of civilized, delegated, televised festivals of catharsis and confession have moved to the internet, which empowers more people to do more clashing and defending than discoursing.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2016
Harry thought he heard Percy discoursing loudly on broomstick regulations, and was quite glad of the excuse not to stop and say hello....
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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