berate

Example Sentences

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The text spun a narrative about a television interviewer who unfairly berated Winfrey for promoting a revolutionary product that could "reverse Dementia instantly & for good."

From Salon

He also recounted how Kellyanne Conway, who served as a senior counselor, once characterized Trump as a "misogynistic bully" following a meeting where he berated several female officials of his White House.

From Salon

The justice has also used his considerable platform to berate private citizens.

From Los Angeles Times

He used interviews and Telegram posts to berate Mr. Shoigu and General Gerasimov, calling them incompetent and charging that they were misleading Mr. Putin about the progress of the war with Ukraine.

From New York Times

“Absolutely not,” Mr. Prigozhin replied, before berating the general for killing fighters by “throwing them into a meat grinder” in Ukraine “without any ammunition, any thought or any plans.”

From New York Times