dilate upon
Example Sentences
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But she called on science, not psychology, in explaining how she "came to think of, and dilate upon, so very hideous an idea" at 18 years of age.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2018
Freed from being forced to say everything about a subject, he can say anything — whatever seems most interesting to dilate upon.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2011
His flaws had been on full display in Paris, where his detractors--burning with impatience while the wheels of European diplomacy ground at their stately pace--had had plenty of time to dilate upon them.
From Time Magazine Archive
I shall not dilate upon these intrigues; they were washed away by all that followed.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
There was, perhaps, a slight tendency to dilate upon what ought to constitute my duties and regards; but, on the whole, the letter was well written and wonderfully dispassionate.
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
