Sentence examples for was scolding from inspiring English sources

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was scolding

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If one was scolding them for something, we never contradicted the other.

One day, Lees stepped between Hawass and a man he was scolding.

He was scolding Crosby for embellishing a fall after Rangers defenseman Marc Staal cross-checked Crosby in the ribs.

On Wednesday, the day the conference began, President Obama was scolding Cuba for its treatment of dissidents.

But at other times he seemed at ease, and even winked at the audience as Mr. Gore was scolding him.

He recalled seeing a few children on the sidewalk nearby, and a teenager who was scolding them for playing on the corner, just as noise of gunfire erupted.

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Another was scolded for wearing his baseball cap backward.

She said her son was scolded while playing Frisbee.

Mr. Affleck was scolded for being ungallant, but he was guilty, at worst, of a humblebrag.

Yardage books were consulted, maths was checked, heads were shaken, eyebrows were raised, caddie was scolded.

I thought the first thing she'd do was scold me for fooling my mother.

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