lecture
noun
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject.
was lecturing
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past progressiveof lecture.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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At times Choudary was lecturing just five people - and two of them were undercover officers.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
Meanwhile, the governor was lecturing against that kind of partying to the rest of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
That is why, when Yang was lecturing Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III about the popularity of his regime, the only source he could cite was unspecified “opinion polls.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2021
Vashti was lecturing at the time and her earlier remarks had been punctuated with applause.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2021
Once, in the middle of winter, someone opened a window while she was lecturing and threw ice water on her; instead of surrendering, Stone wrapped a shawl around her shoulders and kept talking.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
