philosophize
verb (used without object)
to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
have been philosophizing
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present perfect progressiveof philosophize.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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You read a lot about courage in politics in such newspapers as these that have been philosophizing about me at long range.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
"I must admit that I have been philosophizing here to myself like a dead dog; but I am not yet ready for you by a good deal!"
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
If you can keep out-of-doors in England you are very well, and that is why the English, who have been philosophizing their climate for a thousand and some odd years, keep out-of-doors so much.
From London Films by William Dean Howells
I have been philosophizing her as a simple country girl.
From The Lady of the Aroostook by William Dean Howells
I have been philosophizing and world-despising in the solitudes of this place, whither I am retired to pass and mourn the absence of my worthiest friend.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
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