berating
Example Sentences
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Top of Wooden’s list was an insistence that Close could succeed without berating players.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Then as now, Martin chose a polite but firm approach to Trump, who spent much of the question-and-answer session berating US allies for rebuffing his calls to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
The next day, a 2021 video emerged of Porter berating a staff member during a videoconference with a member of the Biden administration.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
Video footage shows Rivas and others berating the officers for complicity in what they called a “kidnapping.”
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
Seven turned to Thorn, fire in her gaze as she opened her hand to reveal the button she had taken from Mr. Pepperhorn’s jacket while he was busy berating them.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
