Sentence examples for scolded for from inspiring English sources

"I would get scolded for not being polite.

Another was scolded for wearing his baseball cap backward.

Hicks said he had never before been scolded for talking to a lawmaker.

He did not want to be scolded for endangering himself or harming company property.

Mr. Affleck was scolded for being ungallant, but he was guilty, at worst, of a humblebrag.

On the other hand, television, which is now sometimes scolded for exploiting or manipulating reality, has also been scolded for its extreme unreality.

Naipaul too was scolded for not telling the whole truth, whatever that may be.

(The fans were later scolded for making noise during points by the chair umpire Lahyani).

Foreign investors began to be scolded for not reinvesting more of their profits.

Like Peter Rabbit, for example, Marco is scolded for his impetuous straying.

Like Blair, he will be scolded for it by many activists.