decry
verb (used with object)
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of.
had been decrying
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past perfect progressiveof decry.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Nosek reached out to his colleagues across the country—psychologists who, like him, had been decrying the lack of replication in the field at conferences and meetings over the past decade.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2013
In the morning he had been decrying the commercial character of the French.
From A Journey to America in 1834 by Robert Heywood
