propound
verb (used with object)
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose.
were propounding
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past progressiveof propound.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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Mr. Chadband states the question as if he were propounding an entirely new riddle of much ingenuity and merit to Mr. Snagsby and entreating him not to give it up.
From Bleak House by Charles Dickens
"What do you suppose it will be like?" said Lilian, quite as if she were propounding a brand-new conundrum.
From The Dorrance Domain by Carolyn Wells
It is notable that in this literary controversy the Moderns, even Fontenelle, seem curiously negligent of the import of the theory which they were propounding of the intellectual progress of man.
From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury
As emotional interests, do they come to the same thing for elderly women?' repeated Mrs Gildea, as if she were propounding a syllogism.
From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Mrs. Campbell Praed
Moreover the school commonly called Brownists, who developed into the sect of Independents, were propounding the theory that the Church consisted not of the whole nation but only of the Elect.
From England under the Tudors by Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes
