expound
verb (used with object)
to set forth or state in detail.
is expounding
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present progressiveof expound (3rd 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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Having watched the end of the episode where the pharmacist is expounding to the population in a type of mass a couple times, I confess I don't understand the cult's beliefs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2016
Having watched the end of the episode where the pharmacist is expounding to the population in a type of mass a couple times, I confess I...
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2016
Ken goes home and reads Nietzsche, all right, and soon is expounding on the Dionysian and Apollonian tensions in Rothko's work.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2012
It's always fun," he says, "to read anybody who is expounding a craft, as long as they do it in detail and they're passionate about it.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2010
You may agree with me, or you may not, that South in this passage is expounding trash; but you will agree with Mr Payne and me that he uttered it vividly.
From On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
