reprove
verb (used with object)
to criticize or correct, especially gently.
has been reproving
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present perfect progressiveof reprove (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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And yet that man has been reproving me for a twelvemonths because I've refused to become one of his elders.
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Laetitia did not immediately answer, and Willoughby remarked: "Miss Dale has been reproving Horace for idleness and I recommend you to enlist him to do duty, while I relieve him here."
From The Egoist by George Meredith
And yet that man has been reproving me for a twelvemonths because I’ve refused to become one of his elders.
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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