harangue
noun
a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
was haranguing
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past progressiveof harangue.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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“In June, there was haranguing of Cathy Darling Allen, and we’re hoping to stand here and make sure that doesn’t happen again,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
I was at the Latitude festival last weekend, and passed the comedy tent just as a standup was haranguing his audience for being so terribly middle-class.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2010
Molotov was haranguing central Russia, Malenkov speechmaking near the Urals and Kaganovich in Siberia.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a vacant store, a faker was haranguing a crowd, selling a book.
From Time Magazine Archive
On a scarlet- draped platform an orator of the Inner Party, a small lean man with disproportionately long arms and a large, bald skull over which a few lank locks straggled, was haranguing the crowd.
From "1984" by George Orwell
