prose
noun
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
prosing
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present participleof prose.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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Most of the time all the spectator sees is Spencer Tracy sitting in a rowboat and mumbling to himself, and all he hears is Hemingway's own narrative prosing along the sound track.
From Time Magazine Archive
But though a minstrel’s poem it is far from rude, and it is quite free from the ordinary faults of rambling and prosing, such as Chaucer ridiculed in his Geste of Sir Thopas.
From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by W. P. (William Paton) Ker
Nay, I am convinced, out and out, that by prosing for a while in periodical works I may maintain myself decently.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats
Oh, I say, I do wish you wouldn’t keep on prosing about what nobody wants to hear.
From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Harold Piffard
On this head we suffer much good-natured prosing in ourselves and others.
From About London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
