PROPOUND in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PROPOUND, such as:
1. Augustine laughed immoderately at the grave and anxious face with which Miss Ophelia propounded the question.
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Meanings and Examples of PROPOUND
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propound
v. put forward; offer for consideration or debate
Classic Sentence:
1 The delight with which Traddles propounded this plan to me, and the sense he had of its uncommon artfulness, are among the freshest things in my remembrance.
2 Augustine laughed immoderately at the grave and anxious face with which Miss Ophelia propounded the question.
3 Various other theories were then propounded, among them a theory that Chichikov was Napoleon, escaped from St. Helena and travelling about the world in disguise.
4 Upon this the visitor had to confess herself nonplussed; for, though capable of growing hysterical, she was incapable of propounding any rational theory.
Example Sentence:
1 In your discussion, you propound several questions; let us consider each one separately.
2 I was about to propound a question, touching the manner in which that operation of changing my heart was to be performed, when Mrs. Reed interposed, telling me to sit down.