was declaiming
- past progressive of declaim.
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
Mr. Tillotson was declaiming against the stupid and prejudiced judges who had rejected Haydon's designs for the decoration of the new Houses of Parliament in favour of the paltriest German scribblings.
From Mortal Coils by Huxley, Aldous
