orate
verb (used with or without object)
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
orating
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present participleof orate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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A week and a half after Tom recorded himself orating, he got a voice mail saying he was a winner.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
In our mind’s eye, we have a vision of an exhausting marathon in which a brave senator has the gumption to stand up and keep orating until his or her colleagues see the point.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2021
“He was a rousing, orating nationalist for the British Empire. But he believed the populace must be informed and educated to see through cheap rhetoric.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
Hakawatis—storytellers—have historically been an integral part of Middle Eastern culture, orating popular myths and fables to audiences in cafés and public squares.
From Economist ● Jun. 28, 2017
Like a Roman tyrant orating to his subjects.
From Shadow of the Mothaship by Cory Doctorow
