Example Sentences
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"I am not opening the store unless you leave," a manager shouted, as customers harangued her, with another member of staff telling AFP only two air conditioners had been delivered.
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
“All true patriots must wake to the cry of danger,” he harangued.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Was Deen really an early victim of the fictitious celebrity boogeyman now known as “cancel culture,” or was she appropriately harangued?
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025
In July 2021, after Deputy Zachary Cotton reversed several overdoses using the opioid blocker Narcan, some deputies harangued him for saving the people who had overdosed.
From New York Times • May 29, 2024
He talked up Everest every time he saw me and repeatedly harangued Brad Wetzler, an editor at Outside, about the idea.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
