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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"I don't know!" he said at last, loudly and petulantly, and several people turned to see whom he was reproving now.
From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams
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
Mrs. Cherry was reproving her and starting her off in the direction of the designated depository, when Arethusa interrupted the proceedings.
From The Heart of Arethusa by Frances Barton Fox
When he came back, the General Manager was with him and was reproving him.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Elbert Hubbard
Who on earth was it that she was reproving thus?
From The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
