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Example sentences for: scolded

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After losing his appeal and being scolded by the appeals court judges, he tried to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Jar Jar is likable, easygoing, and dumb as dirt--always being scolded or saved from death by the Jedi knights.
The Times deserves to be congratulated, not scolded, for its determination to avoid pandering to the trade by reviewing self-help manuals or boosting Oprah's book club.
historians, Greenblatt scolded, know that the sonnet, like 125 others, was in all likelihood written to a young man.
He never scolded 'bout naything else.