reiterate
verb (used with object)
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
was reiterating
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past progressiveof reiterate.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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For the next 10 minutes, when Westbrook wasn’t smiling, he was reiterating a promise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
“I thought of all my girlfriends who had gone through divorce, and somehow I was reiterating something by saying, ‘You’re only complete by having another relationship.’”
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
As the row continued into a third day, US State Department spokesman John Kirby insisted the ambassador was reiterating US policy on Israeli settlement construction.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2016
But all Brown was doing was reiterating the economic theories of a free-market conservative.
From US News ● Sep. 4, 2014
The orchestra opposite was reiterating "The Maiden's Prayer" with a perseverance that at length got upon the nerves of the audience, which began to stamp suggestively.
From Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience by F. Anstey
