scold

Medicine and public health have long communicated like a scold, especially about women’s bodies.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

"They mostly expressed how heartbreaking it was for them to see me like that. They didn't scold or criticise me. Their approach was gentle."

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

"I really want to give it up. Every day I scold myself and tell myself to quit: no more, no more."

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

“You can’t degrade the travel experience for decades and then scold people for dressing to endure the experience,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026

Follow the lines! her mom used to scold.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Social media is full of scolds criticizing men who walk ahead of their partners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

And when moral scolds seized on excerpts of “Ulysses” — citing the Comstock Act’s ban on sending “obscene” material via U.S. mail — she protested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

But on the other hand, these scolds may prove to be canaries in the media coal mine.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025

"If you think a man like you can manipulate me, go back to your mum," she scolds.

From BBC ● May 9, 2025

As soon as we’ve left the map room and are out on deck, the navigator scolds me.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

But then he managed to get booted from even that gig after he scolded Americans for hanging out at the mall instead of studying.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

“This is nonagendized, Ms. Kruger,” the superintendent scolded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

She asks Lisa about bad reviews, and captures the star being scolded by her vocal coach for lack of effort.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

While accepting the prize, Madonna reminisced about how her manager scolded her backstage at the very first MTV awards show, where she briefly mooned the audience in a performance fumble.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

I scolded him and he scolded me back.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Hinojosa, who is bilingual, flexes her Spanglish easily on the stump, telling voters that the most important lesson she ever got came from her mother was the scolding, “No te dejes.”

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Erskine was either mildly scolding or cautiously solicitous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"I had imagined us being together until we're old, her scolding me until we're old, but now I can't hear her voice any more."

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Later, he took a scolding tone when he insisted — yet again — that the negotiations would soon end the war, “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

She hovered, shaking a scolding finger at Seth.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull