Sentence examples for scolded about from inspiring English sources

Mr. Schumer, the messiest roommate, shared a bathroom with Mr. Russo, the cleanest, and was constantly being scolded about not wiping down the tub.

The joke here, partly, is that liberal American audiences enjoy being scolded about our ignorance of geography, especially when the person doing the scolding speaks in a British accent.

MOSCOW — There are few things that Russian politicians like less than being scolded about democracy and human rights, and over the last week, since the police arrested top opposition leaders at a New Year's Eve protest, the news cycle has been dominated by Russians criticizing Americans for criticizing Russians.

They were seizures and instead of being comforted through them, she was gently scolded about her behaviors.

Yet when Americans scold about the technology gap, Europe's defence industry reacts with suspicion.

For all the scolding about America's energy gluttony, and for all the warnings about foreign entanglements linked to oil addiction, price seems to be the only factor that moves people to change habits.

While Owen shaves at the mirror mounted by the window, where his pouchy and sun-damaged old face, cruelly magnified, frontally accepts the pitiless light, he hears the mockingbird, mounted on its favorite perch at the tip of the tallest cedar, deliver a thrilling long scolding about something or other, some minor, chronic procedural matter.

I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy – people scolded me about the shocking grammar to be found online – but I was talking about fundamentals: quite simply, you can't use the net unless you can read.