dressing-down
Example Sentences
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His famous dressing-down of his senior staff, actual quiet professionals, should be considered at some length:
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
But Nigerian officials said they remembered the televised dressing-down Trump gave South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in a Washington meeting in May.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
The tensions were evident at the recent meeting when the issue of officer shootings led to a public dressing-down of the chief.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025
"The recent dressing-down of Ukraine President Zelensky by President Trump and Vice-President Vance was a glitch on a media stage."
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2025
She’d get a dressing-down from the mechanics for that, in the unlikely event she actually survived this never-ending nightmare.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
