scold
verb (used with object)
am scolding
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present progressiveof scold (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“They will think I am scolding thee,” she said with a tremulous little laugh.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
It was a bit of slang, and I like to use bits of English slang when I can; they’ll be so useful to know by-and-by when I am scolding my people.
From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Charles Pears
If I have ever failed, even loved you less than you wished, scold me, dear Robert, as I am scolding you now, and I will love you the more for it.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
You see that I am scolding you; but while embracing you, I shall think only of the joy and the hope of seeing you flourishing again.
From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by Aimée G. Leffingwel McKenzie
Do not think I am scolding you—and don't let me worry you either.
From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Marie Saltus
