regale
verb (used with object)
to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
was regaling
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past progressiveof regale.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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Barely more than a month ago, I was regaling you all with my brave Super Bowl pick for the 2025 NFL season: the Baltimore Ravens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Darcelle, who died Thursday, was crowned the world’s oldest working drag performer in 2016 by the Guinness Book of World Records and was regaling audiences until the very end.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
"Wayne came back from interviewing Trump and was regaling me with this lie and that by Trump and I kept asking him about the apartment – what's it like, Wayne?"
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2020
Indeed, it was a strange mélange of braggadocio and humility that came through that day when he was regaling me with the ups and downs of his hospitalization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2019
Marmalade pointed to a nearby booth, where an ordinary man with wispy blond hair and a gap in his front teeth was regaling his tablemates with the story of Lady Delune.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
