discourse
noun
communication of thought by words; talk; conversation.
was discoursing
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past progressiveof discourse.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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"That's like a field trip to heaven," says Mara, who seconds earlier was discoursing on the debilitating effects of screen life.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2018
A Clergyman was discoursing to his Sunday School children on two Scripture lessons, 1st, the “Choice of Herodias’s daughter,” and 2nd, “Solomon’s choice.”
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018
Leaning forward intently in a wicker chair on the terrace of the President's House in East Pakistan, Pakistan Strongman Mohammed Ayub Khan was discoursing on his favorite subject: the evils of politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
The orchestra was discoursing melodiously; on stage Alice Gentle as Carmen was making one of those swaggering exits characteristic of the part.
From Time Magazine Archive
A string band was discoursing the latest operatic music, the diners were laughing and chattering.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Edward S. Hodgson
