berating
Example Sentences
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Online, fans post videos of their lunch selections, and long chat threads are devoted to rating, and berating, other peoples' choices.
From BBC
The lawsuit alleges Angulo and Sotomayor, after berating the student for more than eight hours, failed to fulfill their legal duties to protect her, “perhaps their singularly most important job.”
From Los Angeles Times
“They kept berating me as if I had done something wrong,” she said.
From New York Times
In other people’s telling, Jobs could be abrasive and dismissive, berating his employees and spurning his family.
From Washington Post
Dom began berating and shoving his father every week, demanding he wrestle him.
From Los Angeles Times
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