berate

Example Sentences

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It was a reach—“I’m never mad,” Manley said—so he asked Chalamet to berate him off-camera to get worked up for a red-faced confrontation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

They’ve taught me that I don’t have to berate myself, hate myself, call myself names.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

In book excerpts serialised by the Times,, external Care described Jones overseeing a "toxic environment", in which the Australian would belittle and berate players and staff.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

Was it Mother come to berate me, or Harry come to rescue me?

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly