How To Use Scold In A Sentence

It could be a hypocoristic or baby-talk form of hysterical, or it might be from the imitative word hiss; or perhaps it is a variant of another dialect term, jesse, meaning a ` severe scolding, 'which is probably from a Biblical allusion. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 1
She scolded him in great anger.
Since infancy, his father scolded him when he didn't stand up for himself and encouraged him to fight back if he was pushed around. Times, Sunday Times
Bones assumed Cam had told Wendell already, she had tears welling up when Hodgins kind of scolded her. 'Bones' recap: Brennan, Booth and Bond | EW.com
A wise citizen, I know not whence, had a scold to his wife: when she brawled, he played on his drum, and by that means madded her more, because she saw that he would not be moved.

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The complainant was an officious intermeddler, a busybody, the town scold, an anti-Christian activist named Darren Lund who had an axe to grind, and Andreachuk gave it to him. Ezra Levant: June 2008 Archives
Westgate says that she came into the company, and scolded at and called her husband, whereupon I, took her husband's part, telling her it was an unbeseeming thing for her to come after him to the tavern, and rail after that rate. History of American Women
Keep pretending that a scold is the same as a reasoned argument, however, I can guarantee that you will help usher in the very era of protectionism that you seem so fearful of. Lean Left » Blog Archive » The Weird “Advice” of Jacob Weisberg
Punishing or scolding a dog for being dirty, by the owner or breeder, may lead to a coprophagic behaviour.
I got a hint from my mom in Japan to steam the frozen unagi in foil with sake in a frying pan for a bit 10 minish, then finish with pouring scolding hot water and close up the foil, to wash away the excess grease. Tuna Toast
It may not be as bad as some lifestyle scolds make it out to be.
On Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor scolded White for a media report in which he was quoted as uttering the word "scumbag" in court after a prosecutor aided in Shafer's IV system demonstration on Thursday. Reuters: Press Release
You can't afford to be so oblivious, she'd scold, or you're liable to waltz right into trouble.
As soon as they began to remove them, they were surprised by hearing cries and screams; and looking around in fear and trembling they saw a woman seeming to have started out of the earth, who flyted at them, that is, scolded them, in Gaelic. Rob Roy
If her mother had been alive, she'd likely have earned a scolding for such hoydenish behavior, but her mother had died too long ago for her to remember clearly, her father scarcely seemed to notice what she did, and she had only herself to please. Phoenix And Ashes
As she stood up, Josie straightened her gray dress's pleated skirt and made sure her white pinafore was tied in the back; it had become custom to do so after fifteen years of scolding.
I scolded myself for not noticing this while we were troubleshooting the actual malfunction.
And if she lingered too long with these and the dogs, Sir Paul, the parrot, was screaming loudly, threatening to "tell the missus," while the whole cageful of little birds were twittering and scolding that they had not been attended to first of all. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886.
As a result he was scolded by the cowherd's wife as a lazy ‘good-for-nothing,’.
If I scold her for something, most of the time she genuinely apologizes.
Captain Valentine paused before he scolded Wesley for his audaciousness.
Stop being such an emotional headcase, she mentally scolded herself.
M. de Maupeou came to me in December, and after having gently scolded me for what he termed my carelessness, he showed me a letter from the duchesse de Grammont, which, he said, would wonderfully aid our plans. Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself
I mentally scolded myself for being so foolish, for getting so carried away.
If the chair or other familiar object is broken, then it is still styled _putt_ (for "caput," gone to smash); and if the child has himself broken anything he scolds his own hand, and says _oi_ or The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.
Then suddenly there was a downfall of rain and they raced back only to be scolded by a frantic Sir Thomas.
He can't remember having been scolded by his boss for that matter.
When he was gone, she scolded me, and reproached me with what she called my coquetry and imprudence; I could not bear her injustice, and very rashly replied, that no one had a right to blame me when my own conscience absolved me. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864
And urged by this recollection, he again scolded and cheered the patient oxen, who for the most part kept on their steady way without any reminder. The Wide, Wide World
I gave him the scolding look I usually give to my brother and murmured, ‘Little guy, you are too young to know such words!’
But the first lady of this portrait can also be a scold, stand-offish and sanctimonious.
The cow, forgetting about me for the moment, turned, purple with fury, to scold the person in question.
She's just a young wisp of a girl, and very sensitive to boot: Scold her in the slightest, and she dissolves into hysterics.
She felt herself give an involuntary shudder and scolded her girlish urges.
Avoid scolding the kitten - even if it's climbing the drapes and soiling itself on your best linens.
Grown-up dancing at fourteen... "Jenny, crestfallen, grew quiet, as she did always when Aunt Dulcie scolded her. THE GOLDEN LION
Well, I am up to my neck in work. I've got to finish this report. Sarah needs it by noon. I don't want to be scolded if I can't finish my work by the deadline.
The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. Samuel Butler
Immediately after we were introduced I began screaming at her, scolding her for unprofessional behavior, indifference, ungenerousness.
The teacher scolded the child for bad behavior, but the child then complained that she had been centered out.
With a tired sigh, I braced myself for the cousinly scolding I was about to receive…
Margaret starts out as a many pleasing girl in France as good as ends up as a scolding, infamous aged hag; is which a story, or is it unequivocally dual plays? Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia
GIRL: "I don't so much mind what you call her flux-de-bouche scolding, but, when she flounced out of the room, she said I was not to go home this Saturday. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One
He was very poor in studies and no amount of scolding or advice made any difference to his attitude.
Of course she was very indignant and scolded them, Goliah specially, whereupon Goliah's sister Catty, who is well named, being of a feline nature in the worst sense of the word, had broken out and "cussed" her outrageously. A Woman Rice Planter
Boldon was mobilizing the Mongolian beggars and horse stealers, arming and training them; that the soldiers were taking the sheep of the monastery; that the "Noyon" Domojiroff was always drunk; and that the protests of the Hutuktu were answered with jeers and scolding. Beasts, Men and Gods
His wife was shaking a customer's hand and laughing graciously, before gently scolding the children.
An 1837 issue of the Maine Farmer called the cookstove “a pretty effectual cure for ‘smoking houses and scolding wives.’” One Big Table
She wrote that Kristen Brietweiser is a "scold", and "Miss Va-Va Voom of 1968". Michael Smerconish: GOP: Cut Coulter Loose!
It because of her constant support and regular scoldings, that Niall could find the will in himself to go out and chase his dreams.
Mama scolded me for crying, because I was a big girl, not a baby to cry like little Hope.
Meanwhile, Joss was scolded by her mom for addressing President Bush as ‘George’.
She scolded me, saying it was "unchristian" to call on Thanksgiving. Jon Kerr: Football Coaches are Cut From a Different Cloth
By contrast, Frost scolded the state in July for creating what he called a "haphazard application" of its death penalty protocols. KansasCity.com: Front Page
During a large musical performance she had scolded a woman saving a seat for her husband while he parked the car. Christianity Today
It was like the face on an officer about to scold a private for leaving his shirt unbuttoned. SPIDERTOWN
Morgan mentally scolds herself at her slanderously obtuse remark as Jody's mansion lay just a block down.
Although students are not scolded for speaking Spanish or ridiculed abusively for using their bilingual resources, they tend to internalize the idea that speaking their native language is wrong.
There were four large sliding doors in the house and beyond them a shrine. I used to be scolded for poking holes in the sliding doors.
As soon as they began to remove them, they were surprised by hearing cries and screams; and looking around in fear and trembling they saw a woman seeming to have started out of the earth, who _flyted_ at them, that is, scolded them, in Gaelic. Rob Roy — Volume 01
The captain harangued and scolded an apathetic team. Just Patty
Every scolding that girl gets just seems to glance off her.
He put his hands on his hips and glared belligerently at her, looking and sounding for all the world like a teacher scolding her for stealing another student's toy.
The window was shut and the curtains were drawn while the master of the house scolded his daughter for indiscriminate charity to beggars. CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
From the beginning, this body and specifically its commissioner have treated the candidates as if they were infants, scolding, chastising and reprimanding them at every step.
Guests are scolded for seating themselves in a restaurant with no host at the door, and no sign indicating another policy.
During a large musical performance she had scolded a woman saving a seat for her husband while he parked the car. Christianity Today
In an interview Tuesday night with Katie Couric, Senator John McCain scolded Senator Barack Obama for getting his history wrong. A McCain Iraq Chronology in Question - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
When she left we felt like two schoolboys scolded. Times, Sunday Times
It is prohibited to scold and beat, to ill-treat or to insult the people who violate the peace and order regulations.
He upbraided the narrowness of American analytic philosophy and also scolded the academic New Left for its abstruseness and inwardness ( "The UC Berkeley English department is now fully multicultural, but what have they done lately for East Oakland?"). John Seery: Richard Rorty: Ironically Upbeat in Dark Times
I remember calling the marchpane marzipan, and getting such a scolding about it. Times, Sunday Times
Stella scolds, and Dingley stumbles, and is so daggled. [ The Journal to Stella
The headmaster had made an example of him by scolding him in front of the whole school.
Rose would scold her about ruining her frock, Bethamy would be in a fluster about how unsafe it was and Elizabeth would want her to come down before they had a fight about it.
Cockatoos scream with excitement and gladness; honey-eaters whistle and call; drongos chatter and scold the rest of the banqueters; the tiny sun-bird twitters feeble protests; bees and beetles maintain a murmurous soothful sound, a drowsy blending of hum and buzz from the rising of the sun until the going down thereof. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
This arrangement was very satisfactory to all parties, and Blanche remarked that, apart from the "jolliness" of being together, she would have an easy time, because, as Marjory was an invalid, there could be no scoldings. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls
She had met that unctuous little Goebbels at some gathering and scolded him about it. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
Music stores are blasting love songs into the street, and no nationalist or Islamist scold is forcing them to stop. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: July 17, 2009
he was scolded for his forgotten chores
He was also very hungry and Marion went outside to scold the maids for not remembering to bring him food at mealtimes.
If he heard Delmare scolding, Ralph would grasp the first pretext that came to his mind to go to him, and would succeed in pacifying him or diverting his thoughts without ever allowing him to suspect that such was his purpose. Indiana
When they scolded him, he would answer back.
Well," announced he, as he put down the box and pulled his adikey over his head, "I were seein 'Santa Claus th' day an 'givin' he a rare scoldin 'for passin' my maid by these two year -- a _rare_ scoldin '-- an' Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale
Sometimes, he is shown on television mustering up a public scolding of a ham-handed government agency, as if he were trying out a few tough - guy mannerisms picked up from his mentor, Mr. Putin.
Her father scolded her mildly, her mother fussed for a time then took her into town to see the shoemaker. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
My daughter will scold me if I swear in front of her though, so she's keeping me in line.
Wells-Barnett visited presidents and scolded newspapers for using the term "darkie". ' To Keep the Waters Troubled: The Life of Ida B. Wells
He was scolded, ended up in the cab of a big rig with this man he slightly knew, under a clear sky on the straight desert interstate.
If she be passionate, want of manners makes her a termagant and a scold, which is much at one with Lunatic. The Education of Women
The woman teaching the class has never had a baby, and she openly scolded me and Jon when we shouted out, ‘Cigars!’
But we don't need the sanctimonious scolding of a student newspaper editor to tell us voting for a party, any party, is a manifestation of our stupidity and ignorance.
In a related story, Jesse text messaged me from the car today, and when I scolded him for it he claimed that he can text without taking his eyes off the road.
My father scolded me and instead told Holly to just take her time deciding.
"Oh shush, " his mother scolded him before pointing at his food.
I headed over in his direction as a monitor scolded Ty to sit down.
"Yeah, pretty boy, I got that, " she lightly scolded.
Gabble, gabble, gabble, gabble, quack, quack, quack and cock a doodle do — Will you scold Betsy Howyes for me? Letter 331
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: An angry judge in Las Vegas scolded O.J. Simpson today for what she called his arrogance, ignorance, or both. CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2008
Under the guise of political virtue, it scolds, berates, rebukes, criticizes, and has a high old time doing it.
Muslims would have scolded their leaders for selling out, Hindus would have lambasted theirs for cheapening a noble cause with such horse-trading, but in the end, everybody would have accepted it.
When they scolded him, he would answer back.
Even Helen Mirren, a casting choice so obvious it hurts, can't alchemize the role of Hobson which won John Gielgud an Oscar into much besides a humorless scold. 'Arthur': He Drinks, Movie Falls Down
That's why adultery is called adultery - because it 'adulterates', which literally means to make something poorer in quality by adding another substance," Bel Mooney recently scolded an unfaithful husband who had rashly written to her for guidance. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
An uncomfortable silence hung over them like a nasty fog as she waited for a gasp of shock and a whole barrage of scolding to fall onto her sister, but none came.
Don't scold the child. It's not his fault.
He is so fixed on not seeming like a presidential flirt that he risks coming across as a bit of a righteous tease or a high-minded scold, which is exactly what his book is, a high-minded scolding. Archive 2007-05-01
I was afraid of being scolded.
Our curate is not a man to preach fire and brimstone or scold parishioners for their failings and sins. Huellas ...en la Parroquia
If I walk in with muddy boots, Dad always scolds .
Every member of the cast shines at varying intensities: Ms. McAdams as a young almost-married who's lively and attractive, albeit a scold; Kurt Fuller as Inez's acidulous father; Mimi Kennedy as her dryly sarcastic mother; and, in lesser roles, Nina Arianda, Tom Hiddleston, Daniel Lundh and Michel Vuillermoz. We'll Always Have Allen's 'Paris'
Her disdain is getting personal, her subject matter less ephemeral, as she scolds rich Americans driven by wanderlust and entitlement.
Fluent in five languages, highly informed and a stickler for precise dates and details, she is equally at ease mothering me with biscuits, stuffing plant cuttings into my hands or scolding me for my dismal grasp of the Czech language.
But I'm not writing to scold you about your behavior or dissertate on how stars have it all. Rachel Shteir: June in Paris
When they scolded him, he would answer back.
When they scolded him, he would answer back.
They represent gentle scoldings of the modern sensibility; they remind us of our unparalleled capacity for complacency and myopia.
Every scolding that boy just seems to glance off him and not change his behavior at all.
A poke in his side however caught his attention and he looked down to a frowning Shi who had a scolding look on her face.
Whitaker laughs heartily, and while she struggles up, babbling and embarrassedly scolding the GI who dropped her, everyone giggles and looks at one another as if to say how happy they all are to be there together. GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT
She scolded the child for being late for school.
Adrian scolded her; she took a hike.
When she left we felt like two schoolboys scolded. Times, Sunday Times
Chapati Mystery a blog by Sepoy, "a doctoral candidate in History and South Asian Languages and Civilizations department at the University of Chicago" has a great post about the history of the word termagant 'a quarrelsome, scolding woman; a shrew.' Languagehat.com: TERMAGANT.
Karen told them in a scolding tone, but there was a catch in her voice.
During the next week, I escaped both scolding and "belaboring The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
Xanthippe, by whom he had three sons; but her bad temper has rendered her name proverbial for a conjugal scold. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest
John Thomas will overlook and scold and order his thousand hands all day, talk even his mother down while he eats his dinner, and then lecture or lead his Musical Union, or conduct a poor man's concert, or go to ` the Weaver's Union, 'and what he calls ` threep them' for two or three hours that labor is ruining capital, and killing the goose that lays golden eggs for them. The Man Between: An International Romance
My mother would scold for being a prideful and uncompassionate gossip.
She scolded the child for being late for school.
Iphicrates in a scolding way who he was, as he seemed neither a heavy-armed soldier, nor a bowman, nor a targeteer, and he replied, "I am the person who rule and make use of all these. Plutarch's Morals
Laurie gave me a few mintes of her time, a Stop Global Warming bracelet, and some scolding for not having a business card. Dan Worth: Five Reasons why we all Owe Laurie David $10 and 25 Minutes this Holiday Season
But tackling Spears in public would have made the far right look like scolds or puritans.
Her vocals are alternately sassy, playful and scolding, though they always retain a composure that makes them more detached than outrightly emotional.
In fact, it seems almost unfair to scold him now -- he was just being himself, a manchild who believes that the Video Music Awards reflect something beyond politics. Oh, Kanye!
There a yeoman armed with a rusty ax that might have been swung at Hastings, clad in patched wadmal, preceded a scolding wife burdened with their bedding and cooking pot, and half a dozen children clinging to her skirts. The High Crusade
I remember two years ago when I was scolded by three teachers in school.
From what I can tell from a number of the scoldings posted, she seemed to raise the ire of many.
I'm sorry if I sound preachy or scolding, but reading about Reid's perfidy - and that's not too strong a word, nor is "iniquitous" - really set something set me off, today. The Anchoress
Their press release, helpfully reproduced in unedited form as a news article by CNN, scolds media outlets for rushing to blame Dziekanski’s death on his being tasered. Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » When Epistemology Kills
Likewise, if one scolds a person too much, then he can't handle things well as expected.
In front of the blank screen, the officer stood scolding.
I shall go all gloomy and glumpish if you scold me as soon as we get here, " complained Snubby. The Rubadub Mystery
Her father scolded her for upsetting her mother.
Frankly I think JJJ owes an apology to Obama (as well as Cleaver, et al.) -- and if not a bit of a public 'scold' from Obama might be appropriate. Obama Supporter Jesse Jackson, Jr: Black Super-Delegates Who Back Hillary Could Face Primary Challenge
He also attacked the Government, saying President F W de Klerk who so "piously" scolded the ANC should first clean up his own backyard. ANC Daily News Briefing
· binna {n} Burgan ⁊ butan · {10} swa ful ⁊ swa ford swa mine agene Wicneres hit sechan scolden · ⁊ ofer swa fele þeinas swa ich heom to {} leten habban. Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
_Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma_, the Chinese stammeringly say, and if the pitch and tone of each _ma_ are right, the meaning of the apparent repetition is, "Does Mother scold the horses, or will the horses scold Mother? Beard
Yet people short on money often neglect the advice of the professional scolds and instead turn to the damnable moneylenders.
As twice as the, complainingly ideologue be scolder with hadean static and the initial seventhly cd as setterwort. Rational Review
The handle copy clerk declares chi, the carriage return scolds north Niu Qianxiang.
Sensing victory, she scolds rhetorically: "Are not feet that are unable to stand a person on her own truly wasted?"
A lot of kneeling, kowtowing and forelock-tugging ensued -- and a public scolding of one of the Star's best journos and columnists by the "public editor. Archive 2009-07-01
Don't glare at me like that, you deserved the scolding.
My boss scolded me today.
What is tangible are the insinuations and outright scolding heaped on various nations and entertainment and sports superstars who haven't ponied up what is perceived to be an adequate amount.
I was swiftly scolded for my tone: “unbusinesslike, unmannerly, and just plain unaesthetic.” Scents & Sensibility
She often scolds me, too, but then I have learned to bear it, and, when she has done, if I can but steal out into the woods, and play upon my sticcado, I forget it all directly.’ The Mysteries of Udolpho
First came a scolding note like that of an oriole, then the "chack" of a blackbird, and next a sweet, clear whistle, one following the other rapidly and vehemently, as if the performer intended to display all his accomplishments in a breath. A Bird-Lover in the West
Shivers of pure delight ran through my body but I inwardly scolded myself.
And I thought it out in camp, silent, morose, while the children squabbled about me unnoticed, and while Arunga, my mate-woman, vainly scolded me and urged me to go hunting for more meat for the many of us. Chapter 21
"Friends, not cronies, " her mom scolded lightly.
Since infancy, his father scolded him when he didn't stand up for himself and encouraged him to fight back if he was pushed around. Times, Sunday Times
Every scolding that boy just seems to glance off him and not change his behavior at all.
‘That's no way to treat a lady, Eric,’ his mother scolded, clucking her tongue.
‘Don't try to get yourself off the hook, buster,’ Nicole scolded, wagging her finger at him like an impatient mother.
I have seen a child scolded and called unfeeling because it did not occur to it to make a theatrical demonstration of affectionate delight when its mother returned after an absence: a typical example of the way in which spurious family sentiment is stoked up. Treatise on Parents and Children
He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong
And Selpa scolded me to sleep, and in the morning woke me with her chatter, ever declaiming against my madness, ever pronouncing her claim upon me and the claims of our children, till in the end I grew weary, and forsook my far vision, and said never again would I dream of bestriding the wild horse to fly swift as its feet and the wind across the sands and the grass lands. Chapter 21
Madame de Bernstein, when she heard of Mr. Warrington’s bevue, was exceedingly angry, stormed, and scolded her immediate household; and would have scolded George but she was growing old, and had not the courage of her early days. The Virginians
With his hands on his hips, he looked like a mother scolding a child.
Since infancy, his father scolded him when he didn't stand up for himself and encouraged him to fight back if he was pushed around. Times, Sunday Times
Resenting all criticism from outside, they scolded together constantly because the place was not perfect; and one distinguished citizen concluded a commination with the sad confession: 'I'd move away — but where could one move to?' — Birthplace of a Magazine
During Geometry classes they talked non-stop and were scolded by the teacher from time to time about their excessive talking.
If I had not been so bloody shocked at her response, I would have scolded her on the spot.
I remember being scolded in a Mockney accent (by somebody who'd grown up in an exclusive home counties suburb) "you're a fuckin' student for fuck's sake.
Morris stayed busy enough in the daytime, shuttling between committee offices, the countinghouse, and the waterfront, where he harangued teams of seamen and stevedores—“I have scolded the officers like a gutter-whore,” he said of one laggard crew. Robert Morris
My agent, the redoutable Marilyn Marlow, shushed me like an abbess visiting the nun-taught school and scolding the Bad Girl. Tons of Fun
‘Oh shush,’ his mother scolded him before pointing at his food.
And in spite of all the insistence on carefulness and meticulousness -- well, scolding is what I call it -- the women were genuinely fond of her, calling her Mama, and always crying when she'd leave to return to the States. Ken Wong: The Language Not Needed For Love
And oh, the scoldings we received for what they called our neglect and stupidity! Burr Junior
Lots of considerations that go into that --- but I'm just a voter/supporter and I certainly 'scold' him. Obama Supporter Jesse Jackson, Jr: Black Super-Delegates Who Back Hillary Could Face Primary Challenge
The querulous critic who scolds it as he would a spoiled child, has not learned the primer of politics.
Lieberman is just a cranky old scold who seems more interested in blowing up the middle east than rebuilding America. Senator to actor: 'Make my day'
When they scolded him, he would answer back.
Mr. Obama presided over a witty, boyish afternoon news conference in which he scolded Republicans and called on all Americans to stage a denial-of-service attack on their dweeby blogs. Your Weekend Debt Deal Cliffhanger
"I don't know why you've gone and told me all this, " the woman scolded angrily.
The wife of a Teton (the Tetons are a tribe of American natives) deserted him, abandoned her infant to her younger brother's care, and plunged into a stream, where she became what we call a mermaid, -- and all because her husband had scolded her. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology
He scoots from machine to machine, checking e-mail and monitoring file-trading activity while occasionally scolding Cookie, his high-strung pit bull puppy.
Await a bit, listen to the girl to scold: "You are big hoodlum, it is scampish as a child, your Mom just gave birth to you, you do not forget to turn round to want to glance.
If I walk in with muddy boots, Dad always scolds .
My stomach muscles yearned for food, scolding me with sharp pangs that jolted my brain.
His mother dealt him a severe scolding.
In a letter to Dan in 1800, after scolding him for his 'Budget being empty far too soon', she dissertated on the life of Catherine the Great.
These scolds may defy common sense, but they're still worthy of attention because they represent the consensus among the profession's elite.
Children are rarely scolded, though rowdiness is sometimes criticized.
When I so ventured, he scolded me and quarrelled with me. CHAPTER VI
He used the opportunity to scold Sydney and Dixon yet again for not staying around for the ceremony and forced them to sit through a word-for-word reenactment of his acceptance speech. Mind Games
Venturi scolded Els for a chanceful shot that went into the water on 13 and led to a triple bogey. USATODAY.com - Venturi shows class in farewell
He is scolding his daughter for not turning up to school.

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