Thesaurus results for HARANGUING

haranguing

verb

present participle of harangue

as in lecturing

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the eminent professor harangued for three hours on his favorite subject, the clash of East and West

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as in speaking

to talk as if giving an important and formal speech a talk-show guest using the interviewer's questions as an opportunity to harangue on a variety of pet peeves

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Recent Examples of haranguing During testimony this week, Warsh sought to emphasize his independence from the White House, which was called into question after months of Trump haranguing Powell over interest rates. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 16 July 2026 Benatia got a three-month suspension for haranguing a fourth official. — Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026 While American pundits wrote haranguing op-eds warning that the breaking of diplomatic precedent would prompt China to escalate war, ordinary people in Taiwan celebrated. — Michelle Kuo, The Dial, 14 Apr. 2026 After haranguing the receptionist, he was eventually granted a 15-minute audience with Fujita, who advised his teenage devotee to focus on future technologies like computers. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026 That entanglement allowed Biden to traverse the country haranguing business on equity, climate, daycare, union labor, and other whole-of-government crusades—while taunting Republicans who relented for the sake of home-district dollars. — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Tuesday’s report is likely to be viewed favorably by the president, who has spent the past months haranguing Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025

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Especially for him in the same interview to be lecturing my party on democracy and norms.

— NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Before long, at the height of France’s own student protests, in 1968, Ascherson was lecturing at the Sorbonne on post-Stalinist revolutionary ideas and tactics.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

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Cynical viewers used to large ensemble stories where bad things happen at scale may start trying to figure out who of this lot will die by the end, although the casualties among characters with speaking parts are surprisingly few.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Lale Esquivel did not mention those allegations in the DEC hearing and Skinner said, that after speaking with the UIL, Lale Esquivel decided to discuss those allegations on a later date.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of speaking

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There was so much going on, whether the props department were working on setting up the flowers, setting up the food, the dog trainers were getting the pugs ready, or some of the actors were just hanging out talking.

— Daisy Leepson, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
The consensus might be summed up by New York adviser Aileen Agopian, who conveyed a mixed message, talking to ARTnews by phone.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of talking

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And the conversations between Anna and Molly, Ella and Julia (Ella’s friend and a counterpart of Molly), as well as the stammering and declaiming when Anna talks to herself, are almost always about men.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
More often, though, Tallent demonstrates his characters’ precarity rather than declaiming about it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of declaiming

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Elon Musk is ranting on X in response to the upcoming documentary, Musk.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026
Videos of Cubans exploding in anger and ranting against the government have become frequent despite the severe penalties Cuban law imposes to those who criticize the authorities.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of ranting

Verb

Christen is fully committed to practicing rather than preaching.

— WWD Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Instead, they were radicalized in place through exposure to news reporting, online propaganda, preaching, and the fellowship of like-minded individuals.

— Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

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