scold
verb (used with object)
have been scolding
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present perfect progressiveof scold.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I find I have been scolding Cawthorn without a cause, as I found two parcels with two letters from you on my return to Malta.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
I have been scolding him to such a degree, my dear Catherine, you would be quite amazed.
From Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
There should have been scolding and punishment, no doubt, but Charling found none.
From The Literary Sense by E. (Edith) Nesbit
I have been scolding Jack for making such a figure of himself.
From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Your mother will think I have been scolding you, and I don’t want to be looked upon as a dragon when I’m out of harness, and posing as an innocent, unprofessional visitor.
From Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story by Percy Tarrant
