outrage
noun
an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
was outraging
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past progressiveof outrage.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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Embarrassed President Huber had not even a chance to take up the charge that was outraging Britain last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
In daring to make over a hundred pounds a week out of a ramshackle old lifeboat that Cregeen had sold to him for thirty-five pounds, Denry was outraging Cregeen's moral code.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
In vain Harry urged that he was outraging grammar.
From The Highwayman by H. C. (Henry Christopher) Bailey
The effect was to give to the inhabitants of the Five Towns the impression that the dog had forgotten an essential part of its attire and was outraging decency.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
Every one protested against this order; for the Doge, by thus yielding to his anger, was outraging both the Signoria and the populace--interfering with the privileges of the former, spoiling the Festa for the latter.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
