Sentence examples for scolds from from inspiring English sources

Sexual mores aside, Democrats have been hampered by a long line of candidates who, no matter how virtuous (or not), have been perceived by swing voters as moralizing, elitist, egg-headed, puritanical, do-good scolds — from Adlai Stevenson to Walter Mondale to Michael Dukakis to Al Gore.

On one hand, he was a nutty professor — an increasingly authoritarian one — carrying out a fascinating if unnerving experiment in utopian socialism: grabbing control of Venezuela's vast oil wealth, using its proceeds to fund social and anti-poverty projects, and expelling the free-market scolds from the I.M.F., the World Bank, and his country's business establishment.

That prompted a scolding from the OAS.

(He got a scolding from Satten).

David Wells, after a scolding from Manager Joe Torre, slogged through seven innings to get the victory.

NO-NOS Talk too loudly and suffer blatant stares, shushing or possibly even a scolding from the bus attendant.

"Accepting criticisms and scolding from the public is the very first basic skill a ruler needs to have.

Turned out it was the Green Goblin, Spider-Man's nemesis, who received a scolding from Ms. Aftab.

His vote against the $87 billion to pay for military and reconstruction efforts drew a fresh scolding from Dr. Dean.

Then the Nets stopped getting back on defense and communicating with one another, earning a scolding from Coach Byron Scott.

Valentine does not forget much, especially an unnecessary scolding from one of his managerial colleagues and someone whom he respects.