berate
verb (used with object)
were berating
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past progressiveof berate.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 said his relatives were berating him for working with me,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023
Your dinner companions were berating you for not shoveling food in fast enough?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2022
This is the kind of thing we were berating countries about during the boat exodus.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2018
First they were berating the minister of Justice for too large a practice at the Bar.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 10, June 4, 1870 by Various
