exude
verb (used without object)
to come out gradually in drops, as sweat, through pores or small openings; ooze out.
was exuding
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past progressiveof exude.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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Clark cut Jones’ lead to 4 1/2 seconds and Jones’ car was exuding ominous puffs of black smoke, the result of a leaking oil reservoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Rodgers was exuding positivity even in defeat at Selhurst Park.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2023
"I came to the understanding that my skin had to be another layer above itself. The energy has to push through another level of clothes, so that it was exuding from the costume itself."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2022
Mr. Cobb often said the key to maintaining a strong rapport with Davis — on record or in person — was exuding a good- humored nimbleness of mind.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2020
It was enough to kill the martial spirit of the most valorous, though none would own that bellicosity was exuding little by little from their wasted finger-ends.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Louis Creswicke
