dilate
verb (used with object)
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
was dilating
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past progressiveof dilate.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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His vision improved after he cut his caffeine consumption last season when he learned it was dilating his pupils.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2011
Once his host was dilating on the horrors of cannibalism while carving a roast.
From Time Magazine Archive
And soon, as they ripped and basted, Mrs. Hornblower was dilating on the unparalleled opportunity for wealth furnished by the Apple of Eden Investment Company.
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Harriet L. Smith
He was dilating on his projects, "spreading himself" on his dreams, but in his glowing vision of the future, he turned, for once, a momentary glance of calm analysis on the past.
From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn
Presently, when his mother was dilating on the inferiority of painting as a profession, he broke in.
From A Tramp's Sketches by Stephen Graham
