haranguing

Example Sentences

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For all the justified haranguing of Pentagon weapons buying, the U.S. can still move fast when it wants to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

But Ackman “can’t believe this is happening” and is posting nonstop about his attempts to intimidate the publication by haranguing its parent company.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2024

Schwartz, to whom she was very much married at the time, began haranguing her in front of everyone for it: "I have never been so turned off in my life," he sneered.

From Salon • May 26, 2023

It has received 191,000 likes but, according to Call to Activism’s post, has been “disliked” more than 300,000 times and has been subjected to a tsunami of comments haranguing the special effects-laden production.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

A priest in scarlet robes stood on the temple balcony, haranguing the small crowd that had gathered around the flames.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin