Sentence examples for scolding a from inspiring English sources

To criticise him for doing so would be like scolding a dog for barking.

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

He really was a little man: she glared down at him like a schoolmarm scolding a guilty child.

There, a denizen of the marina, scolding a foreign journalist for killing the local business with unnecessarily dire reports.

Passionately, sternly, like a parent scolding a child, he tells the crowd that one must seize politics and act.

He said he had been reluctant to pack up the governor's mansion and his own office, once gently scolding a staff member for rushing him out.

There was also a leaked videotape of Kalanick scolding an Uber driver, and reports of privacy violations and even espionage.

"Mitt Romney: Raw & Unleashed" included him unbuttoning his suit jacket and scolding an aide for bringing him lukewarm tea.

"Rectum!" scolded a third ("annoyed").

"A modern-day Marie Antoinette," scolded a New York Daily News columnist.

"You're not wearing any makeup," she scolded a guest.