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Example sentences for "reproaching"

Lexicographically close words:
reproached; reproaches; reproacheth; reproachful; reproachfully; reproachless; reprobate; reprobated; reprobates; reprobating
  1. And as he was carried away, he called Viola by the name of Sebastian, reproaching the supposed Sebastian for disowning his friend, as long as he was within hearing.

  2. Hearing the magpie repeat again and again the same word, he took it into his head that by a miracle, like the observation Balaam's ass made to his master, the bird was reproaching him for his sins.

  3. When Maurice recalled all that he and Marie-Anne owed to Chanlouineau, he could not help reproaching himself with inferiority and unworthiness.

  4. She said it as though she were reproaching me for something shameful.

  5. Sometimes I used to think that this dreadful face which wobbled from right to left was reproaching me.

  6. Some time before General Wayne had addressed the Creeks and Choctaws, reproaching them with the aid they had given the British, and threatening them with a bloody chastisement if they would not keep the peace.

  7. A strange reverie, surely, for the brother who had so few short moments ago been angrily reproaching his sister for the disgrace and shame of caring for this tramp.

  8. My dear Friend,--You are very kind to apologize for a short letter, instead of reproaching me with having been so long entirely silent.

  9. I do not fear your reproaching me in the words of the old proverb about the kettle reproving the pot, if I express myself freely as to what I consider the weak points of this book.

  10. The second act opens with Ramiro reproaching Arminda for her inconstancy, while she does the same to Belfiore; then Serpetta makes fun of Nardo.

  11. Nobody reproached him, seeing how he was reproaching himself; and he entered breathlessly and took his seat.

  12. The embittered Frances joined her in reproaching the man who had come as the spectre to their intended feast of Hymen, and turned its promise to ghastly failure.

  13. Had he been poor, he would doubtless have turned out to be a remarkable or celebrated man; born with a good income, he was eternally reproaching himself that he could never be anything better than a nobody.

  14. All night he lay in unrest upon the bed, reproaching himself for what had come to pass.

  15. She feared greatly lest her husband should bear malice for that which he had seen, reproaching her upon a day, and taunting her for what was past.

  16. Having sung a stanza he looked around with an injured air, as if reproaching the others for not joining in with him.

  17. Jeff had "got his back up" also about the hen, and was as stupid and sullen as only Jeff knew how to be; and even quiet Hannah was almost driven to frenzy by Zibbie reproaching her for being everything under heaven that she knew she was not.

  18. He is hardening into stone," she thought; and she was already reproaching herself for speaking so harshly.

  19. The idea of your reproaching yourself is monstrous.

  20. The reproaching of Providence by a man of full growth, comes to some extent from his meanness, and chiefly from his pride.

  21. The reason of her prudence was that she knew him to be very much infatuated and capable of taking advantage of any familiarities she allowed as well as of reproaching her coarsely afterwards if she discontinued them.

  22. But he fled away, reproaching her for her wantonness.

  23. It was tiresome to be sitting there thinking and reproaching herself when the others were having such a good time.

  24. During our absence, Barangaroo had never ceased whining, and reproaching her husband.

  25. Finding, that even this sagacious interpretation failed, he threw down the snuffers in a rage, and reproaching their stupidity, walked away.

  26. Elated at his condescension, and emboldened by our presence and the finery in which we had decked her, she in turn assumed a haughty demeanour, refused to answer his caresses, and viewed him with a reproaching eye.

  27. All night I've been reproaching myself for giving you the trouble, and when I saw the rain I didn't think for a moment you would be here.

  28. He spoke hurriedly, without a single pause or the smallest hesitation, as if he were reproaching himself for not having entrusted her with all his secrets before--as if he were begging her pardon.

  29. Thus, complaints immediately arose reproaching the king of Sicily with having, at his pleasure, changed the aim of the crusade, in order to make the Christian army subservient to his ambition.

  30. The reproaching voice was silent, the Animal Part was left at peace, and the Intellectual Part went on reading at peace.

  31. There was no remonstrating voice within him reproaching him for his laziness, urging him to get up and go to work.

  32. He was followed by a great number of officers and soldiers, some silently deploring the fate of so virtuous a man, others reproaching that mean desire of life far which he consented to undergo captivity.

  33. Illustration: Sylla reproaching the little image of Apollo with his defeat.

  34. The Gentleman reproaching his Friend for his Jealousy] [The Gentleman reproaching his Friend for his Jealousy] [Illustration: 203.

  35. The Gentleman reproaching his Friend for his Jealousy.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reproaching" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.