reprimanding

Example Sentences

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Instead of reprimanding attendees, she takes it as a cue to discuss how attendees balance demands on their time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

While the once-slumping Dodgers have raised their level of play the last two nights, the Padres have made mistakes even Little League coaches would be reprimanding.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

We saw an official angrily reprimanding staff about other colleagues who had not turned up to work during the emergency.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

And a letter he received months later reprimanding him for his performance.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

The chaplain’s initial fear had been that the colonel intended reprimanding him for having gone back into the officers’ club without permission the evening before.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller