reprove
verb (used with object)
to criticize or correct, especially gently.
had reproved
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past perfectof reprove.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had reproved the enormity of the syncopated pun, but Dick had insisted that Zola fitted an animal whose expression was always either disgusted or disgusting.
From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Oliver Fleming
Had her mother spoken truly when she had reproved her for holding an ideal too high for this work-a-day world?
From East of the Shadows by Mrs. Hubert Barclay
When she would have flung her arms about his neck, his cool English eyes had reproved her, calling her rebellious heart to a halt.
From The Pocahontas-John Smith Story by Pocahontas Wight Edmunds
Mrs. Deventer had reproved them for their cruelty to their sister—which was grossly unfair, seeing that she had appeared to enjoy the performance itself, and even contributed a homily on Hannah's love of finery.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
It is supposed—and I think with reason—that Wolsey was the Queen’s enemy, because she had reproved him for his proud and gorgeous manner of life.
From A Child's History of England by F. H. Townsend
