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waxing poetic

vb. (present participle of wax poetic English)

Usage examples of "waxing poetic".

For a moment I was mystified what it all meant, but then I realized that she was waxing poetic.

They talked around and around the subject, Alexander waxing poetic and pathetic by turns, Dreyer shaking his bulldog head and insisting on the economic facts of life.

Moody was beginning to feel the strain of the cross-country hop and was not in the least interested in waxing poetic.

If it was a game, then they both played it, he thought, waxing poetic in his relaxation, and knowing that it was one only made moments like this even more to be treasured.

If it was a game, then they both played it, he thought, waxing poetic in his relaxation, and knowing that it only made moments like this even more to be treasured.

Elias was waxing poetic about a pretty blonde when they turned to walk between two of the trucks in their fleet, and Jake froze.