chide

He never missed an opportunity to chide his colleagues for their failure to apply their own precedents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Human beings as a whole do not employ the same ethics a responsible newspaper does — though today many of us chide the press solely when the news is unfavorable to our own personal prejudices.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026

But it’s clear that we’re in a new frontier of public behavior… and that it might be more difficult—and more dangerous—to chide our neighbors.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2023

Picaud is 69, and in a country where retirement at a relatively early age is a cherished goal, his adult children often chide him for not stepping down.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023

It would like a new family to run through its massive halls, children to climb on the grand staircase, mothers to chide them and fathers to play hide-and-seek through the many rooms.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Epstein advises him on the sale of his healthcare business, and chides him for not being careful enough in checking out the background of a new contact.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Much of the lesson is taken up by long, hard-hitting rallies between the two of them, interspersed with Sell’s chides and words of encouragement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024

Contemplating escaping Rome, she talks of buying an island; Marcello chides her: “Your problem is you have too much money.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

The singer is in love in "Agora Hills" and she doesn't care to show it off to everyone who chides her for it.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2023

“Oh Eugenia,” Mother chides and pats my hand.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Elvis Presley's iconic Graceland mansion will stay in the family after the death of his only chid, Lisa Marie Presley.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2023

Fed up and enraged, the king angrily chid, “Wear your armor all day, like the dasypodid!”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

Bell’s current list of charities covers a staggering amount of ground: animal rights, prostate cancer, stem cell donation, Alzheimer’s disease, international child hunger, domestic chid poverty and young mothers raised in foster care.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2018

“My refusing to eat Flesh occasioned an Inconveniency,” Franklin later recalled, “and I was frequently chid for my singularity.”

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2014

I then have chid away my friend: He hath a stern look, but a gentle heart.—

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

In the first week of trial, she chided Musk for recent posts to his social media platform X, in which he spoke disparagingly of OpenAI and Sam Altman, whom he referred to as "Scam Altman".

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

“And you may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’ ” the Talking Heads chided me mentally as I took stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

For a recurring exhibition that is often chided for its deafening, in-your-face messaging, this edition of the show is all but silent; for a show that’s known—almost famous—for generating controversy, this outing is entirely anodyne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

District Judge David O. Carter, who is overseeing the agreement, said he sensed fraud, and chided the city for what he perceived as a lack of curiosity over the discrepancy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

“That’s it, Homer,” Mr. Dubonnet chided him, “cough your lungs out. You might be the mine superintendent, but you’ve got the common miner’s disease.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

They stood still; but their chests heaved, and they looked down at the ground like chidden boys.

From Landolin by Auerbach, Berthold

To be scolded and chidden, and told that she did not deserve such a true lover as Owen, was such happiness as she could not be grateful enough for!

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

She declared her intention to accompany me to the ends of the earth; and had to be chidden by her sire for drawing comparisons between myself and her Uncle William, highly damaging to the latter.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Thomas, who had sat by, flushed and silent since I had chidden him for blubbering, picked up the torn jacket I had stripped from Ellen's shoulders, and disappeared behind the tree.

From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Caldwell, Willie Walker

We still play cards and games together while chiding each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

It wasn’t long after that moment that Cronin went viral again, this time for chiding a reporter who asked about the Michigan State student section during his postgame interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 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

One recent, pointed example drew on a speech from 2000, chiding people who lecture others but fail to preach by example.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025

“If we get saved,” Irmgard said in a scolding, severe tone, as if chiding her, “it’ll be because of Roy.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick