reprove
verb (used with object)
to criticize or correct, especially gently.
was reproving
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past progressiveof reprove.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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He was reproving Elder McInnes for them very words, and any good minister will be keeping his thumb on such a wide outgate.
From A Knight of the Nets by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
I felt I had been conducting myself in an unfledged girlish fashion, and that Ruth, with her staid common sense, was reproving me.
From Esther : a book for girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey
As I was reproving the terrier— "The very people," said a familiar voice.
From Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates
I fancied that she was reproving him for showing alarm at my notice.
From The Betrayal by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
It would have been hard to tell whether she was reproving the action or the urgence.
From The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells
