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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

Kirk, meanwhile, uneasy, but a little guessing at the fury behind Ruth's calm face, was expounding his great scheme, his panacea for all the ills of domestic misunderstandings and parted lives.

From The Coming of Bill by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Madame Medjora had quietly left the room while Leon was expounding his views to the Judge.

From A Modern Wizard by Ottolengui, Rodrigues

Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding this to the New York Mathematical Society only a month or so ago.

From The Time Machine by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

In the golden age of Rosa Bonheur's "The Horse Fair," he was expounding the principles of the post-impressionists.

From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)