EXPOUND in a Sentence
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19 example sentences for EXPOUND, such as:
1. Light a cigar and let me expound.
2. The teachers expound on the theory of relativity for hours.
3. Schmidt continued to expound his views on economics and politics.
4. But my steward has expounded to you the cause of my seeming discourtesy.
5. He expounded traditional Calvinism with its high doctrine of church order.
2. The teachers expound on the theory of relativity for hours.
3. Schmidt continued to expound his views on economics and politics.
4. But my steward has expounded to you the cause of my seeming discourtesy.
5. He expounded traditional Calvinism with its high doctrine of church order.
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Meanings and Examples of EXPOUND
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expound
v. explain or describe in detail
Classic Sentence:
1 "Of a truth, friend, that matter remaineth a riddle; and the Daniel who shall expound it is yet a-wanting," answered the townsman.
2 I then expounded to Miss Mills what I had endeavoured, so very unsuccessfully, to expound to Dora.
3 When they rose from the table and the ladies had gone out, Pestsov did not follow them, but addressing Alexey Alexandrovitch, began to expound the chief ground of inequality.
4 And Levin began carefully, as it were, feeling his ground, to expound his views.
5 But what plays the mischief with this masterly code is the admirable brevity of it, which necessitates a vast volume of commentaries to expound it.
6 Light a cigar and let me expound.
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7 I was already longing to expound the cherished ideas I had brooded over in my corner.
8 But I am afraid I had a supreme satisfaction, of a personal and professional nature, in taking charge of Mr. Barkis's will, and expounding its contents.
9 And without letting Levin finish explaining his idea, Metrov began expounding to him the special point of his own theory.
10 I understand not your allusions about lines and angles; and I leave expounding to those who have been called and set apart for that holy office.
11 Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding this to the New York Mathematical Society only a month or so ago.
12 And the celebrated doctor expounded his plan of treatment with Soden waters, a remedy obviously prescribed primarily on the ground that they could do no harm.
13 Several nights a week, after Mr. Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others.
14 But my steward has expounded to you the cause of my seeming discourtesy.
15 The danger, if any, I expounded, was from our proximity to a great human passion let loose.
Example Sentence:
1 What he has tried to expound in this article bears on a key problem in our economic reform.
2 Schmidt continued to expound his views on economics and politics.
3 The teachers expound on the theory of relativity for hours.
4 He expounded traditional Calvinism with its high doctrine of church order.