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.’

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026

Even when I admit to something that I think is shameful or embarrassing, she doesn’t scold me or look at me like I’m a leper.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

“I’m of a certain age,” she scolds the villain, who makes the mistake of condescending to her longevity, “not old!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Maybe you could call it a tea party wokeness, purged of pedants and scolds.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 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

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

From BBC ● May 9, 2025

Part of me scolds myself for ever bringing her here.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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

Her sister-in-law, Millicent Sedra, also spoke and scolded women who expect husbands to share housework.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Novelist Dame Jilly Cooper scolded the team behind Rivals and told them to stop making her "macho men" cry on screen, an executive producer on the show has said.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

“Please do not raise your board. We’ve talked about this before,” the chairwoman scolded when Porter tried to hold up a “Financial Services Bingo” card during a 2019 hearing on debt collection.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

I couldn’t help laughing, which made Poll swear, and Aunt woke up and scolded us both.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The scolding scribes want to cast the choice as either human or not, black or white.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

But even while tacitly admitting Kirk’s scolding was unfair, she still insisted she was grateful for the “fatherly tough love.”

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Security guard Pascal Duvier, most recently infamous for allegedly scolding 11-year-old Ada Law at a hotel in São Paulo, is clearing the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

But the dentist scolding you for not flossing more often may not own the business anymore.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026

He looked back at the door of his house, a quiet house without the sound of his mother’s scolding.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff