bawl out

Example Sentences

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Then having to choose whether to bawl out players in front of the microphones is removed.

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2016

Hard on their opponents and their own team-mates, ready to bawl out anyone falling short of the required standard.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2013

David James, the country's oldest debutant at the World Cup, flopped down on the loose ball with ease, springing up to bawl out team-mates who had offered up such a soft opportunity.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2010

Deeply religious, he has been known to bawl out nappers in the Navy chapel's "Sleepy Hollows," once remarked when congratulated about a football honor: "That won't get me to heaven any sooner, will it?"

From Time Magazine Archive

“Why am I picking on you every day? Why don’t I ever bawl out those other layabouts?”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer