Sentence examples for scolded for doing from inspiring English sources

The president, Asif Zardari, was criticised for persisting with a European trip; his government was scolded for doing too little to help the victims.

This self-administered scale consists of 40 items that refer to beliefs or causes related to events of daily life, for example, to catch a cold, get good grades in school and be scolded for doing something.

You're left trapped in a cycle: trying to date, encountering dodgy messages, overthinking those messages and being laughed at or scolded for doing so.

A little later, Europe was rightly scolded for not doing enough to stop the bloodshed in its own Balkan backyard.

The spouse who may scold you for doing the wrong thing.

Initially scolding me for doing the unimaginable, my mother couldn't help but burst into laughter as we remembered my well-dressed, great-aunt.

That's the polar opposite from Secret, where those who attempt to triangulate their way to the original poster are often scolded by commenters for doing so.

Anything you would scold your son for doing on the playground, you should avoid doing in the adult world.

While Mr. Hill acknowledged the difficulty of not speaking Arabic, he scolded Mr. Khalilzad, in particular, for "doing interviews of prospective prime ministers".

He would not, he says, have published the piece had Updike still been alive, and he scolded his friend Christopher Hitchens for doing such a thing to the aging Bellow.

After the workout he asked, "Why did you yell at me?" like a child scolded for something he or she didn't understand.