reproach
verb (used with object)
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
have been reproaching
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present perfect progressiveof reproach.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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You have been reproaching me for over a year that I did not write enough about the war.
From On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes by Mildred Aldrich
And I, on the other hand, Gertrude, have been reproaching myself for allowing you to have any knowledge of my feeling in the matter, lest I should be influencing you against your duty.
From The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins
You have been reproaching other people all your life; you have been always sure you yourself are right.
From The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
I have been reproaching myself, bitterly, that I should have brought you into this fatal business.
From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Charles Mills Sheldon
I have been reproaching myself for my folly ever since.
From The Triumph of Jill by F.E. Mills Young
