harangue
noun
a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
had been haranguing
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past perfect progressiveof harangue.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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Mr. Fawlty had just escaped from the hospital after getting clonked on the head with the mounted moose that his wife had been haranguing him to hang since they first opened the hotel.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
Hopping by plane about Southern Germany he had been haranguing his people, listening to their hoarse cheers, sharpening his intuition.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Nay, worthy constable, you must look to Sathanas for reward!" cried the gentleman who had been haranguing the miller and his company.
From Audrey by Mary Johnston
While Wharton had been making his report to the Commons, Leeds had been haranguing the Lords.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Not half an hour had elapsed since he had been haranguing the admiring company of his friends, and his words came easily.
From Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
