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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
harangue .
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Examples
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The captain harangued and scolded an apathetic team.
Just Patty 1911
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This did not appease: but on the return of the bill to the House of Lords, where our amendments were to be read, the Chancellor in the most personal terms harangued against Fox, and concluded with saying that βhe despised his scurrility as much as his adulation and recantation.β
Letters of Horace Walpole 01 Walpole, Horace 1890
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Chancellor in the most personal terms harangued against Fox, and concluded with saying that "he despised his scurrility as much as his adulation and recantation."
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford β Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757
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Apparently, back in 1991, Muniz "harangued" actor Woody Harrelson and veteran Ron Kovic for their public stance against the Gulf War to liberate the Kuwaiti monarchy.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Apparently, back in 1991, Muniz "harangued" actor Woody Harrelson and veteran Ron Kovic for their public stance against the Gulf War to liberate the Kuwaiti monarchy.
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Ms Harney said Finance Minister Brian Lenihan was constantly being "harangued" in the Dail to get rid of reliefs.
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Ms Harney said Finance Minister Brian Lenihan was constantly being "harangued" in the Dail to get rid of reliefs.
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Don't you just LOVE analysts who use words like "harangued" (pretending to be erudite and sophisticated) and, in the same sentence, leave out the simple, basic preposition "of"?
MacDailyNews 2010
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Not only did the Chinese brush off Obama's appeals this week, they harangued the United States for its own shortcomings.
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In a separate but related development, Jade Goody today harangued reporters in a telephone conference from her sickbed, screaming, look at me!
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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