discourse
noun
communication of thought by words; talk; conversation.
have been discoursing
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present perfect progressiveof discourse.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"It was the picture of St. Remi, man, of which I have been discoursing."
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
If I had had a little more 'gimp' and verve, I might have equalled the particular young gentleman of whom we have been discoursing.
From Bertram Cope's Year by Henry Blake Fuller
She might almost have been discoursing on the probable death of a stranger.
From The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull
The emotion of which we have been discoursing, painful though it be, is remunerative.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd
And you have been discoursing me most eloquent poetry; though not attuned to metre, rythmical withal, and full of fancy.
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 by Henry William Herbert
