Word: expounders
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...phrases, as indeed they were often expressly intended to, were not guilty of visible leers. They had been trained by long service to realize that loose verbiage, when applied to beauty in bronze and stone, is not necessarily an evidence of slovenly culture. They had tried, these attendants, to expound, from time to time, on various objects to the spatted or braceleted clients of Scott and Fowles. They were well aware that to put marble into words is to break rocks...
Tonight's program promises heated argument well above the level of the monthly meeting of the Ladies' Missionary Society. Mr. Frederick J. Libby, possibly the most ardent, and assuredly the best known, pacifist of the United States will expound his views. He is relentless in his opposition to the preparedness propaganda of the Junkers who argue...
...criticism of Signor Croce is not warmed by the appreciative apathy of a Matthew Arnold. Like that of the pompous old English bigot, his criticism is the God-given and incontrovertible judgment of the dogmatist. He approaches his task with a theory to expound, and deaf to all confuting evidence, he picks and chooses and maintains his position...
When John Roach Stratton spoke at the Phillips Brooks House last year, a capacity audience heard him expound his views, and answer questions about his doctrines. This unusual interest is expected to crystallize around the discussions in the Forum...
With a circulation of only 80,000, it makes pots of money. The Duke is expected to maintain both financial and editorial policies in full tradition. The Daily News (London) remarked ironically:"We are sure it will continue to expound the impossible with its old brilliancy...