were rebuking
- past progressive of rebuke.
Example Sentences
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And the spanner went down as if Neptune were rebuking the seas.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
And so it seems," said Araminta with a sober face, "that while you were rebuking vice, and standing up with dignified, virtuous firmness in the cause of our sex, I was misjudging you.
From Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
"What do you mean, Kitty, child?" said her father, in amazement, for it almost seemed as if Kitty were rebuking her grandmother.
From Marjorie's Maytime by Wells, Carolyn
I can!” said Barter impatiently, as though he were rebuking a schoolboy for saying the obvious.
From The Mind Master by Burks, Arthur J.
His jaw had not lost is pugnacious thrust, and he snapped his orders to the waiter as if he were rebuking a recruit.
From The Guns of Europe by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
