chide
verb (used with object)
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach.
had chid
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past perfectof chide.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I could not forbear repeating though she had chid me for it before, how much I had been struck with several instances of her indifference to the work, and her superiority to its pleasures.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
He had chid their quarrels, yet had supported their cause.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
And but yesterday she had chid him for his slavish lack of memory in daring to offer her a greeting on the way to Sunday-school.
From Penrod by Booth Tarkington
