reprimand
Example Sentences
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A pixie fluttered up to me, shaking her fists and squealing as if she were reprimanding me.
From Literature
Constance, who was deemed to have breached the ministerial code inadvertently, was given a written reprimand.
From BBC
“Cloth cannot keep out microscopic viruses,” one character reprimands another, who prefers a scarf to his regulation mask.
In November, my doctor gently reprimanded me for ignoring my 2024 colonoscopy date.
From Los Angeles Times
“No! I knew you liked me the first night you stepped into the pub. You were talking all straightforward like, reprimanding me for asking about your trunk.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
