upbraid
verb (used with object)
to find fault with or reproach severely; censure.
had been upbraiding
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past perfect progressiveof upbraid.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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He had been upbraiding the stars that had thrust him further and further at every step into the intimacy of these people, as he called them to himself.
From A Chance Acquaintance by William Dean Howells
