tongue-lashing
Example Sentences
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Wielding the badge, Walker was met with both laughter from the debate's attendees, and a tongue lashing from the moderator.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2022
Not a single council member involved personally paid a price, outside of a tongue lashing by the judge, and taxpayers wound up paying most of the $101,000 in court fines and fees.
From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2020
Worse was the tongue lashing he got from his colleagues.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2015
The tongue lashing seemed to jibe with player expectations.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2015
Katie gave Johnny a tongue lashing and said that he wasn’t fit to have children.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
