were discoursing
- past progressive of discourse.
Example Sentences
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“Mr. Northcote, the first time I saw you, you were discoursing at an Anti-Establishment Meeting in the Town Hall.”
From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
They were discoursing thus as they proceeded along the highway, provided this time with such good weapons that not every kidnaper of slaves would have cared to attack them.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
But he gloried in his bondage, and rattled his chains as gleefully as if he were discoursing sweet music.
From After the Storm by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
While we were discoursing upon these subjects, I became more and more distinctly conscious of a new class of sounds proceeding from the same closet.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
The theme upon which they were discoursing was Heaven; and each one who spoke did so with animation.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
