berate
Example Sentences
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It was a reach—“I’m never mad,” Manley said—so he asked Chalamet to berate him off-camera to get worked up for a red-faced confrontation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025
They’ve taught me that I don’t have to berate myself, hate myself, call myself names.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024
Other times, Whibley writes that Nori would berate him and pit the rest of the band against him, telling them that Whibley had “gone Hollywood” because of his relationship with Lavigne.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024
I said this in a most respectful manner, but Tefu jumped in and started to berate Sobukwe.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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