scold
verb (used with object)
were scolding
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past progressiveof scold.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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“Nala, nala”—Take it, take it—she said, as if she were scolding me.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
A stranger, on hearing the common conversation of two Foulahs, would imagine that they were scolding each other.
From Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa by Mungo Park
The hares were not gentle and good; they were fretful, and before long they were scolding and fighting again.
From The Book of Nature Myths by Florence Holbrook
Why, but yesterday, you were scolding me for grumbling at Miss Het's precocious fancies.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
They were good-natured as possible, but sometimes their gibberish sounds as if they were scolding.
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Elizabeth Ware Pearson
