- present participle of hound.
hounding
Example Sentences
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He said Arday had faced "an unacceptable public hounding and campaign of abuse", adding that he was a victim of "a pernicious public shaming that other people in his position simply wouldn't have faced".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Some people on social media blamed the British press for hounding him; others blamed the academic institutions for not having done their vetting properly years ago to save Arday from the public humiliation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Her only sin was being right too early and too often — and the world never stopped hounding her for it.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The year before, billionaire Bill Ackman was invited for a friendly Q&A after hounding Harvard’s president out of office, and grievance-fueled media entrepreneur Bari Weiss presented a rallying plug for her Substack.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
“No, but I’ve heard that she’s been hounding Ambassador Kennedy for information about Willa.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
