Sentence examples for i'm scolding from inspiring English sources

I just speak to them like I'm scolding a child in a stern disapproving voice.

I can never ask Alexa anything without sounding like I'm scolding a toddler.

(Here I am, scolding society for its puerile sensibilities, citing a Pixar movie).

He was incapacitated, and though I was not taking any extra liberties, I was scolding him quite vehemently.

I'm talking about days when it seems like I am scolding, shouting or cleaning up messes for every waking minute and it is these days when I struggle to find my patience and end up acting on impulse.

And I was scolded by a frantic guard when I swung one of the speakers.

I was scolded for asking for a beer at a gay-friendly event, and all the men seemed to be downing vodka and vodka based cocktails.

As a graduate student, I was scolded for wasting time trying to reach out to policymakers.

"The first time I really realized how poor my friends in Haiti were was when I was scolded for eating dinner at one of their homes," says Jagger Harvey, a U.S. citizen born in Port-au-Prince who today is a crop research scientist at the Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub in Nairobi.

"You don't understand," I was scolded.

Should I be scolded because I haven't written about Ebola or clean water?