Sentence examples for scoldings from inspiring English sources
The word 'scoldings' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a series of reprimands, usually from one person to another. For example: "My father had a habit of giving me harsh scoldings when I misbehaved."
But as well as denouncing the world's egregious violators, it has also issued mild scoldings to countries in western Europe, whether over the zealous secularism of France or the entrenched position of established churches in many other European countries.
That is true, I was talking about the suspicion that Irish poets in particular had had induced in them by the scoldings of Patrick Kavanagh against a national theme.
Under pressure from the agency, the Greek authorities were dissuaded from building an aluminium plant near the site of the Delphic oracle and Egypt held off from building a highway near the Pyramids of Giza.But as the number of sites nears 900, will not the currency of UNESCO's praise and scoldings be devalued?
Because of those long-standing abuses, the USCIRF and the State Department list Myanmar as a "country of particular concern" in respect of religious liberty, which may be subject to American sanctions.But why, some might ask, would the authorities in Myanmar pay any attention to American scoldings, when they are also being wooed by China which has little interest in promoting human rights?
Whatever messages Western governments are now sending to the authorities in Pakistan, they will presumably include fresh words of encouragement in the anti-Taliban fight, not just a long list of scoldings.
Yet election observers are likely to withhold their worst scoldings if the line between cock-up and corruption is unclear.Nearly 80% of elections come under scrutiny from at least some sort of international observers, up from less than 30% in 1989, says Susan Hyde of Yale University (see chart).
So it may not be humanly possible for male bishops to call women religious into line in a scolding way without further undermining their own authority.Another factor driving the two sides apart is that both are hurting financially.
So the commission believes, and so the Obama people, in theory, say too.But how far will the president go in scolding states identified by the commission?
"Oh, fuck you," they chimed in unison while the voice went on in its flat scolding way about what steps should be taken next.
"Richard Price," she says, using his full name in that scolding-mother way, "how dare you — " but she's shut down once more when Richard tells Lucinda that she'd do him and the whole room a great favor if she simply fucked off.
Writer's neighbor Albert, who runs a teen boutique, is given as an example of those who dislike the smug and scolding tone of the new Socialism, and who have no patience with Mitterand's favorites, who are callow, idealistic, and finally parodies of the President's ideals.
