satirize
verb (used with object)
to attack or ridicule with satire.
had been satirizing
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past perfect progressiveof satirize.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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This, addressed to the man whom he had been satirizing so unsparingly, was inconceivable!
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft
