scold
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"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
As Mr. Clark tells us, an allegation against the pastors was set in motion in 1835 by Count Finck von Finckenstein, a nasty moral scold and the villain of the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
‘You can’t degrade the travel experience for decades and then scold people for dressing to endure the experience.’
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026
Moyers’ preacher-like delivery and emphasis on high moral standards in his commentaries led some people to criticize him as being a pious scold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
I stared at his back, willing him to scold Mami, even though we’d done something wrong.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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
My 10-year-old daughter now regularly scolds me for my nonrhotic habits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
"You should have been united and thought in a politically intelligent way to ensure we got one or two women elected," she scolds the women.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
Even the human resources scolds; yes, you might even miss the human resources department, if it were gone.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2025
“This tiny child,” she scolds gently, beaming up at me.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
"You're never going to earn respect for doing that sort of thing," a tutor scolded the teens.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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
At one point, the judge even scolded the officers for being too lenient with her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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
“You are eleven years old and should know better,” she scolded.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
In 2018, he issued his most famous scolding, decrying the court’s failure to take up California’s 10-day waiting period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
She eyes her husband like she's scolding him.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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