Sentence examples for milder telling-off from inspiring English sources

JP Morgan got a milder telling-off.

Can we really blame people when, for so many – and I suspect this is definitely the case with trolls – real life is little more than a finger smudge and a mild telling-off from your mum?

What really struck me was that occasionally she'd try her swiping and scrolling on other objects – a TV, a table – with little or no results beyond a finger smudge and a mild telling-off from her mum.

Then he gave me a fierce telling-off; bit my head off, really.

I got a mild-to-medium telling off and had to sweep the flowers up, but my parents were not informed.

He told off-color jokes.

· become very excitable when told off?

· growl or bite when told off? · wake you up in the middle of the night?

· spin or whirl when told off? · guard his/her food bowl?

Tell off the "cool police.

Laugh when she gets told off.