telling-off
Example Sentences
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For those who still don’t understand the situation, please rewatch Matt Hooper telling off Mayor Vaughn in “Jaws.”
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2025
On Friday morning, the prime minister and the health secretary spoke about it face-to-face, a conversation, one source told me, amounted to a telling off for Mr Streeting.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024
Zelenskyy has made a point of telling Ukrainians the hard truth that the war is likely to get worse — and of telling off supposed well-wishers that their words are hollow and their support wanting.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2022
“I think it was a little naive perhaps to think that just Biden telling off Putin would actually lead to anything in and of itself,” Mr. Ellis said.
From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2021
Of course Mosca opened the door without asking for the password and earned himself a terrible telling off.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
