chide

Example Sentences

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On a recent hike with a friend, Diaz said he was looking at some mushrooms he found on the trail and a stranger “chided me for doing something so risky.”

From Los Angeles Times

There’s Charles Foster Kane, an extremely rich, crusading newspaper owner who is chided by a friend for losing more than a million dollars a year.

From Salon

The characters were pricklier and more restless than I remembered, and Alcott’s voice—good-natured but chiding, unsentimental—was a revelation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite the chiding words, her face was still and calm.

From Literature

Gigi now starts each video chiding commentators who accuse her of being AI.

From BBC