expatiate
Example Sentences
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Groucho expatiated on Lear’s relationship to his daughters.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2014
Scraping the last few grains around our truffle-oily plates with our forks, Harris and I mournfully expatiated on the declining status of the London cab trade.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012
He recalled his distinguished U. S. friendships, expatiated on the profession, on India, on Anglo-U.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nominee Hoover expatiated statistically upon the country's prosperity, pointed to the vanishing poorhouse, promised, with God's help, to "banish poverty from this nation."
From Time Magazine Archive
When the baron expatiated upon the superior practices of Europe, the Indians were baffled.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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