upbraid
verb (used with object)
to find fault with or reproach severely; censure.
had upbraided
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past perfectof upbraid.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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One was a Feb. 6 report in the Global Times, an English-language publication of the Chinese Communist Party, that the Chinese government had upbraided Tesla for lapses in quality control and consumer relations in China.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2021
The night after the dinner at the Manor he had upbraided me for telling Marcia the story of his bout with Sagorski.
From Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment by George Gibbs
Cecily would have felt it as a relief if Lucy Ellen had upbraided her, but after her outburst on the night she sent Cromwell away, Lucy Ellen never uttered a word of reproach or complaint.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
But when those persons whom he had upbraided with their more serious actions, had confessed, and returned from penance, he reproached them no more.
From The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales by Giraldus Cambrensis
The young lawyer who had upbraided Winthrop for his indifference respecting the slave, and opposed the Mexican war, was consistent in the Senate, and in harmony with his early love for humanity.
From History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams
