decry
verb (used with object)
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of.
was decrying
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past progressiveof decry.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Any biography is chance, and, beginning at conception, chance — the tyranny of contingency — is everything. Chance is what I believed Mr. Cantor meant when he was decrying what he called God.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2020
Leaders of Maryland’s legislature commissioned a study of the state’s business climate last year, even as candidate Hogan was decrying it on the campaign trail.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2015
"He was decrying the notion that we ought to have a judiciary that is a full-time career, starting as a low-level judge and working your way up," said Lamberth, who introduced Scalia Wednesday.
From Time ● May 27, 2010
He was decrying these idle nonsensical amusements in time of public distress, when it was every one's business to think of other matters, and to be miserable.
From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Washington Irving
He was decrying these idle nonsensical amusements in times of public distress, when it was every one's business to think of other matters, and to be miserable.
From Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving
