How to Use expound in a Sentence

expound

verb
  • The article expounds the virtues of a healthy diet.
  • When asked to expound, he had no comment.
  • Canales expounded on all of this and more postgame.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Sutton couldn’t be reached by phone, text or email to expound on his views.
    — Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Ronnie stayed in his seat, expounding on how great his idea was.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Have people been asking you to expound on that, to talk more about that?
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 31 May 2018
  • Judge did not want to expound on his worries over this stretch of baseball.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Asked to expound, Willard spared no detail.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • 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 an easy concept to grasp, and Paul expounded on the idea.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Last year, Rodgers expounded further on the role of psychedelics in his life.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • And expounding on them with some nice face-ripping-off guitar leads.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The poem goes on to expound on the virtues of a moral and upright human being.
    — Graydon McKee, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The young men expound upon the value of faith and their desire to meet a partner.
    — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
  • But, an elevator pitch is not the time to expound and share anecdotes.
    — Mike Kappel, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • This second trailer expounds a bit more on what, precisely, is at stake.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2018
  • Once at the desk, Mars expounded on his mission through music.
    — Megan Armstrong, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2017
  • So the movie goes in circles, constantly expounding on the same things.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
  • In calmer times, a leader expounding from such heights risks sounding preachy and self-righteous.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Her husband expounded on their homemade items.
    — Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
  • His post makes no mention of upcoming future dates in the tour, nor expounds on the nature of the threat.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe the Justices, who are not without vanity, just want to expound a bit.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Head coach Dave Canales expounded on why the coaching staff elected to sit him out.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024
  • Smith didn’t really expound on why Westbrook being there is a bad thing.
    — oregonlive, 7 June 2022
  • Despite a cold that left his voice raspy, Cuban expounded on his earlier tweets.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2020
  • French girl bangs lend to an undone look, one that can be expounded upon for a rockstar aesthetic.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The two Lips expounded more on their feelings about the cover in a video interview.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Asked again Monday morning, Belichick didn’t expound on his thoughts.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021

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