recite
verb (used with object)
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner.
were reciting
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past progressiveof recite.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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On a recent morning in the sixth-grade girls’ class at one local school, all Kalasha and Muslim students were reciting Koranic sayings.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2018
The irony is that there was a script, which in this instance the actors were reciting word for word.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 26, 2018
Dolphin was aware Kavanaugh's friends were reciting that poem, a person familiar with her thinking told The Times.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2018
Ms. Dolphin was aware that members of Judge Kavanaugh’s clique were reciting that poem, according to a person familiar with her thinking.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2018
He smiled when they came in, and he spoke her name as if he were reciting a blessing.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
