Example sentences for: scolded

How can you use “scolded” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "The Supreme Court," the New York Times scolded in an editorial Wednesday, is "often too quick to dilute the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches in the name of fighting drugs."

  • historians, Greenblatt scolded, know that the sonnet, like 125 others, was in all likelihood written to a young man.

  • The WP lead reports that in separate meetings Secretary of State Albright privately scolded Israel and Palestinian leaders, telling them she is "sick and tired of hearing you give me a pile full of complaints about the other guy."

  • Wacky Tangent of the Week: Washington Week in Review host Ken Bode scolded the New York Times Magazine for a Nov. 9 fashion spread he said endorsed the now-discredited fashion trend of "heroin chic."

  • "The onliest time that Marse Robert ever scolded me," said William Mack Lee, "in de whole fo' years dat I followed him through the wah, was, down in de Wilderness--Seven Pines--near Richmond.


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