chide
verb (used with object)
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach.
were chiding
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past progressiveof chide.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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Kelly joked that he thought maybe he picked his nose on the TV broadcast and people were chiding him.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
Powers had simply wanted to stay alive and make it home; now his own countrymen were chiding him for not committing suicide.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
"Yes, but it is so long till next year, that you are sure to forget all about me a hundred times," she said crossly, as if she were chiding her companion.
From Cornelli by Spyri, Johanna
That holy dream—that holy dream, While all the world were chiding, Hath cheered me as a lovely beam, A lonely spirit guiding.
From Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works by Poe, Edgar Allan
Retrace all those scenes to me, my good companion, and I will forgive the unkindness with which you were chiding me.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
