Example Sentences

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He is standing up to one of his superiors, who had reprimanded him for the language that he uses.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

The subpoenas did not come as a surprise, since in the last few days, the committee had reprimanded Harvard for withholding or heavily redacting documents and warned that it would take legal action.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Yes, teachers had noticed that and then had reprimanded him for that.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2024

On one occasion my mother recalls me coming home very upset because a teacher had reprimanded me for being "too intense" on the subject.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2021

She’d called him “Taylor” once, and Papa had reprimanded her for being rude.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata