had harangued
- past perfect of harangue.
Example Sentences
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Throughout the Civil War, the newspapers had harangued, badgered, and dictated; had bolstered up or destroyed men, character, and measures.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)
He had harangued in the upper house himself; but as his delivery, for it could not be called elocution, was slow, hesitating, and confused, no one ventured to mention his speech.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas
Ex-members of the National Assembly had harangued the multitude and circulated addresses calculated to rouse the people to resistance.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth
When he had harangued them, the two white men sat talking together.
From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold
And when, three months before, he had harangued them as to the patriot's duty of home defence, there was not a worthy incapable present but enthusiastically enlisted.
From Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales by Stuart, Ruth McEnery
