How to Use expound in a Sentence

expound

verb
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  • The article expounds the virtues of a healthy diet.
  • When asked to expound, he had no comment.
  • Trump dresses for the event - not to expound upon the meaning of the event.
    — Robin Givhan | The Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2018
  • That’s where there will be a 15-course chef’s menu, which will take the 10 courses and expound on that.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2021
  • The orator had to fight the urge to blab for too long, bore the crowd or expound on a Great Life Lesson.
    — Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Last year, Rodgers expounded further on the role of psychedelics in his life.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • Sutton couldn’t be reached by phone, text or email to expound on his views.
    — Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Have people been asking you to expound on that, to talk more about that?
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 31 May 2018
  • The poem goes on to expound on the virtues of a moral and upright human being.
    — Graydon McKee, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Over the past 30 years, Darnielle has used the Mountain Goats to expound a sort of small-scale, lo-fi humanism.
    — Robert Rubsam, The New Republic, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Jenny Vrentas expounds on a cool locker room scene ... and more.
    — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 27 Dec. 2017
  • Head coach Dave Canales expounded on why the coaching staff elected to sit him out.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024
  • Malzahn was coy when asked to expound on his tweet from last week but appeared amused by the line of questioning about it.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 27 Apr. 2020
  • That leaves barely more than 150 pages for Bishop to reflect and expound on his life.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2022
  • But, an elevator pitch is not the time to expound and share anecdotes.
    — Mike Kappel, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • There’s a lot to like about Mitt Romney, and no way to expound on why in the limited space remaining.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Once at the desk, Mars expounded on his mission through music.
    — Megan Armstrong, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2017
  • With a small amount of encouragement, the docent will expound on the Presleys.
    — Verna Gates, al, 30 Dec. 2019
  • The complaint did not expound on Turner’s past actions against his ex-wife, but noted the couple had been divorced for five years at the time.
    — Tess Sheets, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • With the other, Clayton explores the cultural roots of that pupil, expounding on the music that shaped and later stemmed in part from him.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Despite a cold that left his voice raspy, Cuban expounded on his earlier tweets.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2020
  • This second trailer expounds a bit more on what, precisely, is at stake.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2018
  • This year the big tech CEOs expounding as celebrity oracles of the future were absent.
    — Tom Simonite, WIRED, 31 May 2018
  • Smith didn’t really expound on why Westbrook being there is a bad thing.
    — oregonlive, 7 June 2022
  • In pages-long sentences, Goytisolo’s characters expound on the book’s true subjects: Barcelona and the tumult of the Franco years.
    — The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • In a text to a Globe reporter on Monday, Flynn declined to expound upon his letter.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Judge Sherman did not expound on what sort of punishment McNair should have to endure.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Asked again Monday morning, Belichick didn’t expound on his thoughts.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Rahma agreed, with élan, as Mamdani expounded on problems with the city’s rent commission, vender licensing, and utilities.
    — Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Now fashion turns the great machine of creative enterprise and global celebrity—embraced, evaluated, and expounded by a billion Instagram channels, as mainstream as the entertainment industry and by most measures more lucrative.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024

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