reproaching

But it looks now as if we were going to be made to look the laggards -- and our friends and neighbours will, I fear, be much less delicate in reproaching us with being slow than we were on other occasions.

The Road Before Us 1950

Thus, in reproaching Israel as an abandoned people, they reflected on the God of Israel as an unkind unfaithful God.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

The Tally article came along slowly, its price tag reproaching me for every sloppy phrase.

Forfeit Francis, Dick 1968

The Tally article came along slowly, its price tag reproaching me for every sloppy phrase.

Forfeit Francis, Dick 1968

He could not bear the idea of reproaching him any more.

The Picture of Dorian Gray 1931

Next morning, when he saw Olivier, he did not tell him anything: he so detested the idea of reproaching him, -- reproaching him for having abused his confidence and flung his secrets into the enemy's maw, -- that he could not find a single word to say to him.

Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Romain Rolland 1905

He could not bear the idea of reproaching him any more.

The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890

He could not bear the idea of reproaching him any more.

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1877

He could not bear the idea of reproaching him any more.

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1877

When I first observed it ” by her beginning to take liberties, such as reproaching me tenderly if I came later than usual, or could not stay long, and similar things ” I was obliged, to prevent her making a fool of herself, to tell her the truth in a civil manner.

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903