upbraiding

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Upbraiding the fugitives for their conduct in flying from the field, these peasants succeeded in rallying them.

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick

Upbraiding folks for obeying the laws of nature is the greatest loss of wind possible.

From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)

Upbraiding her husband for having revealed the secret, the latter plunged into the sea and resumed her former shape.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney

Upbraiding was at an end; and gratitude, and tenderness, and implicit acquiescence in any scheme which my prudence should suggest, succeeded.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

Upbraiding senators, bewitch'd with wit, That term true justice innovation; You ministers of Sylla's mad conceits, Will consuls, think you, stoop to your controls?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various