- 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
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
Later, he took a scolding tone when he insisted — yet again — that the negotiations would soon end the war, “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
But the dentist scolding you for not flossing more often may not own the business anymore.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
By now Big Ma had worn herself out scolding me in the names of our family and my lack of good common sense.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
We’re always reminded that if the scoldings and feedback stop, that’s actually when you should get concerned because it means people have given up on you.
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
But dropping the emergency footing and repeated scoldings could also mean fewer people get the shots.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
He gave me advice when I needed it, and scoldings when I deserved.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022
I can usually see the humorous side of their scoldings, but it’s easier when somebody else is being raked over the coals.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
