were haranguing
- past progressive of harangue.
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
Every now and then they would exchange a good-humored smile, while the others were haranguing and shouting.
From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Cannan, Gilbert
Orators were haranguing the crowds in almost every open space.
From The Invasion by Le Queux, William
They were haranguing the people after Mass—something about a thing Mule calls the Third Estate.
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
