scold
verb (used with object)
are scolding
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present progressiveof scold.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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You are scolding someone else for using Twitter for shameless self-promotion?
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2017
She returns to the surface, laughing, and it looks like the lifeguards are scolding her, but she doesn’t care.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
"That is why you are scolding me," said Camilla, with her pretty smile.
From Capricious Caroline by Effie Adelaide Rowlands
I wonder what you will say when you are scolding me, Sheila, and bidding me get out of the house?
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 by Various
"These girls are scolding me like everything, and I want you to come and fight for me."
From Half a Dozen Girls by Anna Chapin Ray
