If it were so, the unfortunate circumstance will explain why the sergeant should have run me through and through with his eyes whilst Propounding these queries, and why he should have made them in such a gruff voice.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy
As to the explanation of the modes of formation of these coral-reefs, the scientists have long been Propounding theories which are sometimes amusing.
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon
Women have been in the habit of Propounding riddles ever since the world began.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick