had been pillorying

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of pillory.
  pillory

  noun

  a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.

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