upbraid
verb (used with object)
to find fault with or reproach severely; censure.
were upbraiding
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past progressiveof upbraid.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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But some "mean people" were upbraiding him for helping Cupid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why this was so I found out one day when they were upbraiding my mother in the wigwam for marrying my father, instead of a chief of another village, to whom they had promised her.
From Three Boys in the Wild North Land by J. E. Laughlin
In another instant, they had turned on Merrill, were upbraiding him hotly for what they called his treason.
From Angel Island by Inez Haynes Gillmore
