Sentence examples for sharp scolding from inspiring English sources
At home, Mr. McGregor proudly presents the sack to his wife, but receives a sharp scolding when she discovers its actual content.
The sequence continues with "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (more lies and denials) and ends with "If You Hadn't, but You Did," a sharp, witty scolding with lyrics by Comden and Green from "Two on the Aisle".
Deborah Turness, president of NBC News, used sharp language to scold her erstwhile star, saying that in a 30 January broadcast he misrepresented his helicopter ride while covering the Iraq war in 2003 – falsely claiming to have come under rocket fire.
Vinay Prasad is relatively young (35) and still climbing the academic ladder (he's an associate professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland), but he has already established an outsize reputation as a "professional scold" for his sharp critiques of contemporary biomedical research, including personalized medicine.
"You are going to remember me by the tip of my knife!" scolded monk Epifanios, pointing the sharp end of a large chopping knife at his female kitchen hand.
He could be sharp-tongued, and repeatedly scolded the Palestinians for refusing half steps toward improving their lot.
Never mind the repeated failure of the predicted U.S. fiscal crisis to materialize, the sharp fall in predicted U.S. debt levels and the way much of the research the scolds used to justify their scolding has been discredited; let's obsess about municipal budgets and public pension obligations!
Ironically, Mr. Rove has been a sharp critic of the Cain campaign's response to the charges of sexual harassment, scolding its spokesman and Mr. Cain for dodging the charges when they were first reported.
Ms. Messina is at her happiest in scold mode, which she often was during this breezy, affable and sometimes sharp show, a scaled-down version of her Music Room Series tour: part concert, part request line, part talk show.
