expatiate

Example Sentences

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It’s all there in the Reuters reporting, and there is no need to expatiate on the obvious immorality of the operation, quite apart from its colossal stupidity.

From Salon

Do not be afraid to expatiate on all the ways you are a bigger person — there are probably lots!

From Washington Post

We took long walks in the botanical garden in the Bronx, where he could expatiate on every species of fern.

From The Guardian

When the question is general enough, they move quickly from answering it to expatiating on general themes.

From Washington Post

It was suddenly cool to know stuff, to expatiate on the causes of the Spanish Civil War.

From Literature