had been discoursing
- past perfect progressive of discourse.
Example Sentences
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He had been discoursing upon all his favorite themes.
From By The Sea 1887 by Chaplin, Heman White
Lord Merton and Mr. Coverley, though they had been discoursing upon the subject some time, could not fix upon the thing that satisfied them both.
From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Burney, Fanny
The band had been discoursing lively strains for some time, and Miss Wildmere had at last dragged her mother down for a chaperon—the only available one as yet.
From A Young Girl's Wooing by Roe, Edward Payson
He poured tea into two collapsible cups and passed one to Rodney, who had been discoursing for some time on his special topic, the art of doing without.
From The Lee Shore by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
Not long before she died I had been discoursing with her on the quantity of real present emotion which a great tragic performer experiences during acting.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles
