Sentence examples for severe scolding from inspiring English sources
But Judge Sullivan delivered a severe scolding to the prosecution and said he would bar the government from using two categories of evidence central to its case.
For the most part, Truman kept to himself whatever resentment he may have felt, but once, after receiving an especially severe scolding, he confessed to his budget director that while Mrs. Roosevelt was a great woman "she did at times aggravate him".
It was the second case of a severe scolding of the spy agency by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to come to light since the disclosure of thousands of N.S.A. documents by Edward J. Snowden, a former contractor, began this summer.
It may be very difficult for young boys to understand why acts of parental aggression, such as spanking or severe scolding and yelling, are acceptable while their own aggression is not.
He had recently learned that the penalty for practicing without a permit was severe; a fellow-doctor whom he had asked about it had given him a serious scolding.
One former sentry recalled that Maria was often scolded by her mother in "severe and angry whispers," apparently for being too friendly with the guards at Yekaterinburg.
Win Tin, who was either 84 or 85 (sources vary) when he died of kidney failure on Monday morning, was a prominent journalist who spent years scolding Burma's military government in the face of severe censorship.
In March 2011, when the regime responded to a first wave of protests by increasing public-servant pay, Mr. Yazigi scolded the government for political "gifts" that would impose "a severe drain on the Treasury and create serious inflationary risks".
Later, Walton continued the scolding.
The scolding began immediately.
