reproach
verb (used with object)
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
are reproaching
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present progressiveof reproach.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I understand it, sir," said the friend who accompanied Balby, "these people are reproaching you."
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Mrs. Chapman Coleman
"Surely, my dear sir, you are reproaching yourself unjustly," said the physician soothingly, replying to the first part of Mr. Dinsmore's remark.
From Holidays at Roselands by Martha Finley
Prof. Harnack and similar people are reproaching us, I understand, for having broken "the bond of Teutonism"—a bond which the Prussians have strictly observed, both in breach and observance.
From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various
And now by themselves and their friends, dependents, and votaries, they are reproaching those very men and women with those vices and follies, sins and crimes.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
Now I've stumbled on a soporific philosophy, and am getting all I can out of the anaesthesia, and you are reproaching me.
From Quaint Courtships by William Dean Howells
