declaim
verb (used without object)
to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech.
were declaiming
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past progressiveof declaim.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 enemies of power were declaiming against standing armies, which they declared useless.
From A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict by Logan Marshall
Captain Davenant read the Lessons as if he were declaiming the Riot Act.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
On different sides men were declaiming loudly of the wealth and greatness of their relations, ancestral and contemporary—several talking at the same time.
From By Veldt and Kopje by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
"Behold there, gentlemen, one of those theatrical scenes with which people here in Prussia were declaiming against me, while I was silent, but arming against them," said he with a sneer.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by F. Jordan
The old popular comedians were declaiming with heroic gesticulations the epic octavos of Tasso, and harps and violins were sounding accompaniments to the latest melody that Naples had made fashionable throughout the entire world.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
