reproach
verb (used with object)
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
has reproached
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present perfectof reproach (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Novelist William Styron has reproached Kuznetsov for not remaining silent after his defection.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Kugler has reproached us for our carelessness.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Sire," he said, after a brief pause, "your majesty has found fault with something with which no one has reproached me heretofore, and I confess that your criticism has struck me.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by F. Jordan
He has reproached himself so genuinely for treating you as he did—it is perfectly true, aunt.
From Three Comedies by R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) Sharp
I have therefore for some time ceased from writing to your Holiness, although my conscience has reproached me for my silence.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude
