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Example sentences for: scolding

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But to criticize Dunlap for his cruelty is akin to scolding a lion for killing an antelope.
But, if you forgive me for tooting my horn a little, you may remember a little piece I wrote for the New Republic in 1988, called "Paristroika," laying out the uncanny similarities between the situation of the then-Soviet Union and the situation of France on the eve of its 1789 revolution (the pompous Sovietologist Jerry Hough wrote a condescending letter to the editor, scolding me for my ignorance in failing to realize that the Russians would never let things get to the point where Ukraine or Lithuania might secede.
In Britain, the Times and the Independent venture forth with scolding opinions on the peace plan.
A scolding woman was said to give her husband a dish of tongues, and the old Sussex bachelor often gave crisp reasons for staying single: one went on record as saying Mesel, I ain't no marryin' man, fer I can't see naun in givin' 'arf yer grub away ter get t' other 'arf cooked.
When we return to a scolding, finger-pointing Dole growling, "Just Don't Do It," the slogan carries a new meaning--that he just shouldn't have voted against the "pro-kid" legislation and that we just shouldn't vote for him.