harangue

The police arrive, and the locals harangue them for doing too little.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024

A second video surfaced last week in which she appears to harangue a taco vendor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

In an April 21 court filing, McDonald's lawyers said mediation to settle Allen's $10 billion lawsuit has been unsuccessful, and accused Allen of trying to "harass and harangue McDonald's into an unmerited resolution."

From Reuters ● May 8, 2023

If he continues to play like he did in Game 3 - while teammate Jaylen Brown continues to harangue Harden - it could be another big day for Boston.

From Washington Times ● May 6, 2023

Finally, the whole team was dressed, had listened to Coach Spinks’s pre-game harangue, and now waited on that trough of suspended time when each second seems weighed down by the glistening bullion of tension.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

He harangues referees and reporters and doesn’t hold back when communicating with his players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

You might remember Ahmadinejad, Iran’s hard-line former president, for the anti-American harangues he delivered at the U.N. while not wearing a tie.

From Slate ● May 23, 2026

Prigozhin somewhat toned down his harangues against the military leadership after that, but remained defiant.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

It contains one sequence from a local TV programme where a young Johnson, sporting long hair, harangues a group of politicians for ruining the environment of his native Canvey Island.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2022

These threatening harangues managed to delay matters, but the Deep South lacked the votes.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Brecht’s furiously unsentimental farces got him harangued — first by the Nazis, then by the House Un-American Activities Committee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

"I am not opening the store unless you leave," a manager shouted, as customers harangued her, with another member of staff telling AFP only two air conditioners had been delivered.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

He harangued the conservative navy into accepting a drive toward French Indochina and the Dutch oil fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

The West Australian newspaper harangued England through Perth airport, called them crybabys, arrogant and cocky.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025

The boys were harangued by a man in a full beard.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

On later visits, Hitler stayed at the Hotel Elephant, which, located by the market square, was more convenient for haranguing the public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

We meet Leonardo as a nosebleed-suffering, dreamy-eyed Palermo teen with a haranguing mom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025

But Ackman “can’t believe this is happening” and is posting nonstop about his attempts to intimidate the publication by haranguing its parent company.

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2024

Schwartz, to whom she was very much married at the time, began haranguing her in front of everyone for it: "I have never been so turned off in my life," he sneered.

From Salon ● May 26, 2023

Melissa and others on my team became my enforcers anytime an image of one of the girls surfaced on a gossip site, making haranguing phone calls to get it taken down.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama