rant
verb (used without object)
to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave.
had been ranting
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past perfect progressiveof rant.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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In the messages, Mr Yousaf told Mr Leitch that Ms Sturgeon had been "ranting" at him and he had taken "one hell of a bullet".
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
Before his seizure that morning, he had been ranting that the nursing staff was “making him crazy” and that they were “putting the angry thoughts in his head” to make him look bad.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2016
To Hitler, who had been ranting about "the struggle against Bolshevism" for nearly 20 years, it seemed like an offer he couldn't refuse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presently Stephens arrived, and a man who had been ranting in the pulpit, merely, as it seemed, to occupy the people till he should come, immediately yielded his place to him.
From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Thomas Adolphus Trollope
Presently Mr. Mablethorpe, who had been ranting about the room, to the detriment of waste-paper baskets and revolving bookcases, sat down and said:— "And you are reluctant to give up your present berth, Phil?"
From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay
