scold

"I really want to give it up. Every day I scold myself and tell myself to quit: no more, no more."

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

“My friends don’t care whether I have seven Golden Globes or if I’m not working at all. To them, I’m just Diego. They scold me and they help me just the same.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

The movie doesn’t quite know how to handle Mabel: She’s meant to be charmingly determined but comes across as more of a scold and a busybody.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

“You can’t degrade the travel experience for decades and then scold people for dressing to endure the experience,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026

Even when I admit to something that I think is shameful or embarrassing, she doesn’t scold me or look at me like I’m a leper.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

Americans are funny like that: We tend to feel we know better than pinch-lipped moral scolds what’s best for our lives.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

Social media is full of scolds criticizing men who walk ahead of their partners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

And when moral scolds seized on excerpts of “Ulysses” — citing the Comstock Act’s ban on sending “obscene” material via U.S. mail — she protested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

But on the other hand, these scolds may prove to be canaries in the media coal mine.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025

“Bad! You are bad!” my mind scolds me.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

“That’s a lousy excuse,” scolded former Speaker of the House John Boehner when I described my situation to him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

“Please do not raise your board. We’ve talked about this before,” the chairwoman scolded when Porter tried to hold up a “Financial Services Bingo” card during a 2019 hearing on debt collection.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has scolded reporters who ask basic questions about the war’s justification or objectives.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026

Earlier this month, Punch's situation began looking up when zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo, near Tokyo, posted that he was gradually integrating with a troop of monkeys -- "playfully poking others and getting scolded".

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

“Takutuka chiremba,” the adults shouted in unison before they entered the garden: “We have scolded you, doctor.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Security guard Pascal Duvier, most recently infamous for allegedly scolding 11-year-old Ada Law at a hotel in São Paulo, is clearing the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Caluori says that, along with Pollock's trailblazing example, he has taken heed of a training-ground scolding from former England captain Owen Farrell.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

When I wrote about the experience anonymously on Reddit, I received a mix of sympathy and scolding.

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2026

Imagine this: The cheerful, if slightly scolding voices of the self-checkout machines punctuate the steady hum of fluorescent lights.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026

Less shouting, she thought, less yelling, less scolding.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech