Sentence examples for got a dressing-down from inspiring English sources

Maybe you got a dressing-down from an angry client.

A handful of big firms that had shown sympathy for Welfare got a dressing-down.

I mean, that's fast". So Friedman raised his hand, corrected his teacher, and got a dressing-down.

Another analyst got a dressing-down for publishing a report without first submitting it to EMC for editing (the standard practice)–even though the report said good things.

Again, the US man or woman in Beijing should really get a dressing-down over this misrepresentation of Chinese currency policies.

A perfect (and hilarious) example of the tension is found in the new Tracy Letts play "Superior Donuts," in which an aging boomer gets a dressing-down (and a wake-up call) from his savvy young employee.

Tsipras got a dressing down at the creditors' meeting on Wednesday morning, despite having presented new budget proposals on Monday that were generally welcomed as constructive.

Last year, Northern Trust, which received $1.6 billion in TARP funds, got a dressing down from congressmen for flying hundreds of guests to the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles and treating them to several days of entertainment that included a concert by Earth, Wind and Fire.

You got a dressing down and a bad performance review.

Windsor is one of the models appearing on the new E! series "Model Squad," and she got a dressing down for comments she made on last Thursday's episode.

Augmented reality got a dressing down recently courtesy of an open letter from Clark Dever on Wired, lamenting its inability to give the crowds what they want: first-person AR without the gimmicks.