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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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
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
Dolphin was aware that members of Kavanaugh’s clique were reciting that poem, according to a person familiar with her thinking.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2018
Before long, they were reciting bleak Valyrian poetry together, battling stone men, and doing some pro “yes and” improv work in front of the Meereneese slavers.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2015
She sounded as if she were reciting something rehearsed.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
