berate

Example Sentences

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Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior-level staff within DHS and give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

Arnaud de Borchgrave, the former editor of the Washington Times and the first host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” had me on the first broadcast to berate me.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

In book excerpts serialised by the Times,, external Care described Jones overseeing a "toxic environment", in which the Australian would belittle and berate players and staff.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

We were staying with some business associates of the Courters, so they could not continue to berate me.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter