upbraiding
Example Sentences
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It might have seemed an unusual upbraiding of a president by a sitting judge.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
"An actual upbraiding from the court for the Trump Org."
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022
Kimura, who was introduced as a fun-loving jokester, attracted increased negative attention online after upbraiding a housemate for ruining one of her wrestling costumes.
From Reuters • Jun. 2, 2020
And don’t try accusing him of plagiarism or upbraiding him with your naive ideal of originality.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2018
During John’s first year at the University of South Dakota, when he had discovered basketball and girls and slacked off in his studies, he received a stern upbraiding.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
