propound
verb (used with object)
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose.
was propounding
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past progressiveof propound.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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The data, Jefferson showed, simply didn’t support this the dangerous theory Buffon was propounding.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2012
Justin Miller received his comeuppance while he was propounding a theory that the age of Justices of the Supreme Court was proportional to the number of laws they found unconstitutional.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was as if she was propounding a roguish plan in some dear conspiracy.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Through the columns of the Edinburgh Review, Francis Jeffrey was "propounding heresies of all sorts against the ruling fancies of the day, whether political, poetical, or social."
From Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities by J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans
Why, this very evening she was propounding the most preposterous scheme to me, as generous as it was nonsensical.
From How It All Came Round by L. T. Meade
