scourge
noun
a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
was scourging
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past progressiveof scourge.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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Solzhenitsyn in 1978 was scourging the U.S. for spearheading the decline of the West.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was being paraded through the streets for the purpose of staying the plague of smallpox, which at that time was scourging the town.
From Brazilian Sketches by T. B. (T. Bronson) Ray
It used to be beautiful to witness the rivalry of these children of the deep, when the pitiless hurricane was scourging their beloved ship, and threatening her with destruction.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
Ten minutes later, when she had extracted his promise and abandoned him to the costumers, he was scourging his weakness.
From The Fortieth Door by Mary Hastings Bradley
In 1711, under the name of "epidemica equorum," it followed the tracks of the great armies all over Europe, causing immense losses among the horses, while rinderpest was scourging the cattle of the same regions.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
