berating
Example Sentences
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Porter slightly rebounded after a dip in polling in the fall after videos emerged of her berating an aide and a reporter.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Despite Egadze scoring only 154.79 for the free skate - 27 points lower than his season best - there was no berating.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
Since Takaichi’s remark on Taiwan in November, Beijing’s retaliation has included berating Tokyo at the United Nations, canceling flights to Japan and tightening export controls on goods with potential military uses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
There is romance, drama, pathos and the verbal berating of hotel staff and music video directors.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
Then she went over to the couch and woke him up and started berating him for nearly burning the house down.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
