orate
verb (used with or without object)
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
were orating
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past progressiveof orate.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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I was, as it were, orating my speech.
From Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
