was recapitulating
- past progressive of recapitulate.
Example Sentences
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His concern was not that Grenada was recapitulating any past disaster; on the contrary, it was creating for the islands of the English-speaking Caribbean a wholly new one.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was a wily speech; for Richard was recapitulating the very arguments which were presenting themselves to the old man's mind.
From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James
I had now balanced advantages and disadvantages together, and was recapitulating the whole.
From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
She was recapitulating what they had not said, but what the two were thinking of at the same time.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
Paul was recapitulating to Lydia the advantages of the location of their house.
From The Squirrel-Cage by Williams, John Alanzo
