harangue
noun
a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
have been haranguing
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present perfect progressiveof harangue.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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All the orations were in Latin, and the young men might have been haranguing a Roman army, so vigorous were they.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas
But, your Highness, the streets are full of demagogues who have been haranguing the people since morning.
From The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton
He talked with any amount of fire and vigor, and in a voice pitched so high that he might have been haranguing a multitude.
From In Direst Peril by David Christie Murray
There are gatherings in the streets, and though the lord mayor and Robert Gaiton and many of the better class have been haranguing them, they refuse to disperse to their homes.
From A March on London by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
He might have been haranguing, cowboy-like, for the benefit of the man they feigned not to notice, but it was plain, nevertheless, that he was angry.
From The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey
