reprove

That includes making do with less as they reestablish their place in society, rethink their careers and reprove their worth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2021

He refused to see a doctor because he didn’t want his mission president to reprove him.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2015

Scalia’ll reprove ya With some jurisprudential effluvia, Then, with scowling harrumph And a baleful galumph, He’ll trudge homeward to Antediluvia.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2015

But in Hollywood it's really tough to change genres, you have to reprove yourself.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2011

He complained very softly of the woman; begged that I would reprove her for what she had said to him, as he had heard his name mentioned.

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

“I could do without becoming known as the man who has a hugger for a son,” he reproves when Cal tries to embrace him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Jack’s shoulders are slumped forward, his arms crossed, while John’s maternal aunt Annie reproves him with an extended finger.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2018

And when he mildly reproves the younger son for some particularly brattish behavior, Sophia indignantly tells him: "Try to be a parent, not a policeman."

From Time Magazine Archive

And the author gently reproves old computer hands irritated by the latest category of social bore, the newly minted fanatic.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the Easy Chair reproves certain fellow-sinners for remissness in doing their duty, and for that offence is a scold, what is the censor who scolds the Easy Chair for scolding?

From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by George William Curtis

Mr. Meadows was also reproved by the House Ethics Committee in 2018 for mishandling sexual harassment allegations against a top aide.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2020

Both lawmakers were reproved by the Ethics Committee.”

From Fox News ● Nov. 16, 2018

“We must all take responsibility for using facts correctly and for verifying anything we spread,” Stefan Lofven, the Swedish prime minister, reproved Trump at a news conference.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2017

He was immediately reproved by scores of his readers, as well as by a commentary in The Economist, “The World Is His Parking Spot,” that applied basic social cost-benefit analysis.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2011

“No, no, Medium dear, that’s Mars,” Mrs Whatsit reproved gently.

From "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle

Today, children are more likely to have to go to a chain grocery store for candy, and odds are they’d have to be driven there, and escorted through the purchase by a reproving adult.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“There’s a dad that’s not doing it,” she repeated — less incredulous than reproving now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2025

When Donnersmarck reached for a Snickers, his mother shot him a reproving look.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019

The robot never reacts in a reproving or dismissive way when the child behaves inappropriately.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2018

They bought groceries up the hill at the Thrift Market because they could not stand the reproving eyes of Lee Chong.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck