was expounding
- past progressive of expound.
Example Sentences
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It was December 2017, more than a year after Kobe Bryant had retired from basketball, and the Lakers great was expounding upon a fundamental truth of parenthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
"The natural man never sits in chairs," the artist was expounding.
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
I referred to your taking my ear and learning, out of its due order in the thesis I was expounding, what manner of beast Ribot was.
From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Curtis, Wardon Allan
Let us descend the stair and learn that while Sir Richard was expounding the subject of “the poor” to little Di, Mr Balls, the butler, was engaged on the same subject in the servants’ hall.
From Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Madame Medjora had quietly left the room while Leon was expounding his views to the Judge.
From A Modern Wizard by Ottolengui, Rodrigues
