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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I have been reproaching myself for having said so much already.
From Long Live the King by Guy Boothby
"As I have been reproaching myself for mine," said Lesley.
From Brooke's Daughter A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
I am vexed, for I have been reproaching myself the whole winter with this debt.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
He was still at Elberthal, and appeared to have been reproaching himself for having accepted my “sacrifice,” as he called it.
From The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill
I have been reproaching myself for my folly ever since.
From The Triumph of Jill by F.E. Mills Young
