chiding
Example Sentences
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Gallrein ended by chiding reporters: “Be fair and balanced, can we do that?”
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
We still play cards and games together while chiding each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
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 ● Feb. 5, 2026
And he did it all with a smirk on his face and a chip on his shoulder, relentlessly chiding the league over its salary cap, the level of play, travel and officiating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
He couldn’t help chiding himself—it’d been a stupid idea.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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