reproach
verb (used with object)
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
was reproaching
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past progressiveof reproach.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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It appeared clear to Elder that the presidential candidate was reproaching the journalist out for waffling on an important story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2021
Soon she was reproaching him for paying too much attention to other women, and writing angry letters to feminine friends she suspected of trying to steal him from her.
From Time Magazine Archive
His daughter Barbara was reproaching him for writing ridiculous letters to the newspapers.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
The General looked at her golden head in alarm, but already she was reproaching herself.
From Mary Gray by Katharine Tynan
Wayne was reproaching him for not having come sooner.
From Children of the Desert by Louis Dodge
