harangue
noun
a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
were haranguing
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past progressiveof harangue.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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While the Kennedys were haranguing one another with political questions at their Hyannisport table, dinner at Merrywood was often conducted in French.
From Time Magazine Archive
Journalists were haranguing Chazov for having signed a 1973 letter that attacked Andrei Sakharov, the dissident Soviet physicist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.
From Time Magazine Archive
While these heavy columns were gathering like a storm-cloud in his front Washington and his generals were haranguing their men, entreating them to stay even for a few weeks longer.
From The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 by Samuel Adams Drake
Orators were haranguing the crowds in almost every open space.
From The Invasion by William Le Queux
The sun was not an hour high when the emissaries of the Railway Union were haranguing the people all along these outlying districts.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King
