berate

Example Sentences

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But the pop singer said she did not send a security guard to berate them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Within DHS, Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

One of the world's most popular streamers, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, says trolls "berate" him every day because his number of viewers has fallen.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

I ignored the impulse to berate him, because more than anything, I wanted to hear what Caputo knew.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson