reproach
verb (used with object)
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
had been reproaching
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past perfect progressiveof reproach.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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She blushed as if I had been reproaching her with her insignificance.
From A Passionate Pilgrim by Henry James
It seemed as if she had been reproaching him, as if some explanation had passed, and I heard him say that from henceforth they could only be brother and sister.
From East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood
She had been reproaching herself for her neglect of the child; she had meant to do so much for him and had done nothing!
From The Prodigal Judge by Vaughan Kester
His uncle had been reproaching him that very morning for his idleness at school, and had told him he would never be worth anything in the office.
From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various
And I had been reproaching myself, for not having adjured more sternly that ill demon of perversity.
From L'Arrabiata and Other Tales by Paul Heyse
