orate
verb (used with or without object)
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
was orating
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past progressiveof orate.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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"We've reached the saturation point for long-winded speeches," cried a rebellious delegate at President Homer Martin who was orating at the United Automobile Workers second annual convention in Milwaukee last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back in 1961, Javits was orating on an immigration bill that he considered unjust when Rhode Island Democrat John Pastore tried to gain the floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Vatican II's first session in 1962, he was orating against liturgical reform and ran well beyond the ten-minute limit on speeches.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stewart was orating from a pinnacle of proprietorship.
From The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The superintendent, being with his own people, was orating in pure Arabic—or, rather, in the colloquial vernacular which is as close to pure Arabic as one can expect to hear, except among the remoter Bedouins.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various
