reprove
verb (used with object)
to criticize or correct, especially gently.
were reproving
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past progressiveof reprove.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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His voice once more sounded soft and gentle, as if he were reproving a naughty child.
From The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
It was as it some inner voice were reproving me.
From The Desired Woman by Will N. (William Nathaniel) Harben
There was a sort of mournful reproach about the old Prince's tone, as though he were reproving his son for having fallen from the paths of virtue.
From Saracinesca by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Here Paul burst into a flood of tears at the thought that his companions were reproving him for grieving for those whom he loved so dearly, and whom he feared he might never meet again.
From Left Behind or, Ten Days a Newsboy by James Otis
