Sentence examples for a telling off from inspiring English sources

"Should I go give that guy a telling off?" she asked.

Although Jayne is getting a bit of a telling off from him.

Barry Hearn didn't like it and gave me a little bit of a telling off, but that's tough.

"Hello Mr. Harper," begins the next email, and I know I'm in for a telling off from Imran.

Eden Hazard 3 Was asleep for City's opener for which he rightly received a telling off; one scintillating run from near halfway was his highlight.

The lads also get a telling off for not unblocking a drain, and a gentle wigging for having blond streaks in their hair.

He plays samples of banned songs by women, including Jeannie C. Riley's hit "Harper Valley P.T.A.," about a mother telling off a bunch of small-town hypocrites.

Big Freedia closed his set with an a capella verse telling off a man who'd been caught by his girlfriend sneaking off with Big Freedia: "You know you tried it/ So stop telling those lies".

"It's like a parent telling off their children.

A stern telling off for people who gossip about the misfortunes of others from Kirsten Dunst.

On the subject of women bishops, the MP David Winnick speaks in favour and receives a stern telling off.