lecture
noun
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject.
were lecturing
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past progressiveof lecture.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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Whether the subject is the craft of playwriting or the failures of the American theater, Mamet holds forth as though he were lecturing a class of idiots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
“Just two to three months ago, those same Europeans who were lecturing us on ‘no gas’ say they’ll make a compromise,” said Amani Abou-Zeid, the African Union’s commissioner for energy and infrastructure.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
In London, I felt that the scene merely struggled to dramatize its themes; here it felt more awkward, and even redundant, as if Stoppard were lecturing the Viennese about their own history.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
And now, with their beady eyes, these women were lecturing me for daring to try.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2010
Esperanza started pacing around the room as though she were lecturing a class.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
