- present participle of scold.
scolding
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The announcement also follows previous comments from Grande scolding people to “be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
No scolding video commands to make some noise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
"I had imagined us being together until we're old, her scolding me until we're old, but now I can't hear her voice any more."
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
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
Mr. MacPherson said, as if scolding would work.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
You get scoldings for all sorts of things, and it’s one of the first things anyone who comes to train at Chozen-ji has to figure out how to deal with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
There was no need to apologize to those fans who basked in The General’s epic on-camera scoldings of players and refs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
They had a habit of stealing Shukkur’s unripe guavas, plums and mangoes whenever they visited, prompting scoldings from their grandfather.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
The I.M.F., which usually reserves such scoldings for developing nations, on Thursday doubled down on its message.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
I would not let Sass’s scoldings touch me as they used to.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
