1 Now, as the business of standing mast-heads, ashore or afloat, is a very ancient and interesting one, let us in some measure expatiate here.
2 From his mighty bulk the whale affords a most congenial theme whereon to enlarge, amplify, and generally expatiate.
3 When Miss Ophelia expatiated on Topsy's naughty, wicked conduct, the child looked perplexed and sorrowful, but said, sweetly.
4 Tom's cabin was shut up for the present; but George expatiated brilliantly on ornaments and additions to be made to it when Tom came back.
5 Did any one happen to mention Customs officials and inspectors, from that moment he expatiated as though he too had been both a minor functionary and a major.
6 And in proof of this Chichikov cited the purses which the Governor knitted, and also expatiated on the mildness of his features.
7 And so it came to pass, that the bird, while out one day, met a fellow bird, to whom he boastfully expatiated on the excellence of his household arrangements.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE 8 Albert was constantly expatiating on their good fortune in meeting such a man.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. 9 He was listening, with a good-humored, negligent air, half comic, half contemptuous, to Haley, who was very volubly expatiating on the quality of the article for which they were bargaining.
10 The auctioneer sees his advantage, and expatiates volubly in mingled French and English, and bids rise in rapid succession.