perorated

verb

Definition of peroratednext
past tense of perorate
as in mouthed (off)
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters

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  1. announced
  2. talked
  3. preached
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  • Fox and Kelly's reportedly split occurred just weeks after the Transformers star announced her pregnancy via instagram on November 11.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • What happened The rebel forces that ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Sunday announced an interim government Tuesday.
    Peter Weber, theweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of announced
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  • As part of his teaching, the court heard that Westwood talked to one teenager, who was raped, about a masturbation scene from Bridgerton.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Prince Harry briefly talked father-son rivalry in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment on his new Netflix show Polo, released Tuesday.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of talked
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  • Martin Luther often preached in the city church, and the city became the birthplace of the German Enlightenment, home to writer-philosophers Goethe and Schiller, and the namesake of the Weimar Republic.
    Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The two men’s paths had first crossed in Detroit, where Fard Muhammad was a street peddler of silk goods who also preached a self-help faith.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of preached
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