reprimanding

Example Sentences

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Instead of reprimanding attendees, she takes it as a cue to discuss how attendees balance demands on their time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

While the once-slumping Dodgers have raised their level of play the last two nights, the Padres have made mistakes even Little League coaches would be reprimanding.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

She is also accused of reprimanding her office’s legal counsel for no valid reason, in apparent retaliation for the counsel’s cooperation with the commission and disloyalty toward her.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

At one point, officials ordered Ms. Sawadi jailed for 90 days, reprimanding her for a post that showed her dancing at her 6-year old son’s birthday party.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2024

The chaplain’s initial fear had been that the colonel intended reprimanding him for having gone back into the officers’ club without permission the evening before.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller