dressing-down

Example Sentences

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This is a historic dressing-down of somebody who thought they were made of Teflon.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

But Nigerian officials said they remembered the televised dressing-down Trump gave South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in a Washington meeting in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

In a recent dressing-down of Bezos in the Atlantic, former Post executive editor Martin Baron, once a fan, wrote: “Now we know Bezos is no Katharine Graham.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

“He says, ‘You’re not welcome here,’” Ms. Pollini said, crying as she recalled the intensity of his dressing-down.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

She’d get a dressing-down from the mechanics for that, in the unlikely event she actually survived this never-ending nightmare.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer