berating
Example Sentences
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Top of Wooden’s list was an insistence that Close could succeed without berating players.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
The Australian skipper removed him for a 13th time in Tests, more than any other bowler, with a furious Root berating himself after prodding at a full delivery and feathering to Carey.
From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025
Video footage shows Rivas and others berating the officers for complicity in what they called a “kidnapping.”
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
The father had come to the son’s bedroom, and was berating his wife about a misplaced letter from an insurance company.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
If berating counts, then he’s said more to Charlie this past summer and fall than he has in nineteen years.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
