declaim
verb (used without object)
to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech.
was declaiming
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past progressiveof declaim.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“He was declaiming how he could never sacrifice Afghan independence to any foreign demands, including from the Soviets,” Mr. Blood wrote.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
A Zaydi cleric was declaiming about the Quran over a loudspeaker, and now and then he’d lead the crowd in call-and-response chants of “Labayka, ya Abdul Malik,” a traditional pledge of loyalty.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2018
He often began a speech in fusha, and then sprinkled in Egyptian, until, by the climax, he was declaiming entirely in the language of the people.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017
It turns out that he was declaiming Detroit's motto, something about rising from the ashes.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2013
The Manager, standing in the middle of the room, was declaiming violently at Ulric, who had just returned from the Director's house, and now leaned, silent and morose, against the door.
From Success and How He Won It by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
