scold
Example Sentences
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And, of course, women are endlessly scolded for refusing to marry men for reasons their critics deem unacceptable, such as expecting a baseline level of respect.
From Salon
Rehearsing one dance routine, they were scolded for their lack of synchronisation: "It's got to sound like one person walking down the stairs. It can't sound like a group of people falling down the stairs."
From BBC
This isn’t about scolding parents for feeding their children unhealthy foods.
She cried and scolded him, promising to visit and repeating what she had said when he came out to her all those years before: “I wish you told me sooner.”
From Los Angeles Times
One Japanese mother, who didn’t want to be named, said she was scolded by her husband for considering an epidural when their baby was almost due in 2021.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
