- present participle of scold.
scolding
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The announcement also follows previous comments from Grande scolding people to “be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
In 2018, he issued his most famous scolding, decrying the court’s failure to take up California’s 10-day waiting period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
But the dentist scolding you for not flossing more often may not own the business anymore.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
With all these questions I did not think to run away today or tomorrow, but as long as I had the thought of someday, I could stand Sass’s scolding.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
There was no need to apologize to those fans who basked in The General’s epic on-camera scoldings of players and refs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
But dropping the emergency footing and repeated scoldings could also mean fewer people get the shots.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
Born in Freeport, Ill., on Jan. 21, 1946, he attended Catholic schools for 16 years, receiving plenty of scoldings from the nuns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
Energy has given it a new card to play in the face of scoldings from the West over its human rights record.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
Though we were refreshed by the rain, there were still scoldings from Sass.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
