Example Sentences

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Novelist Dame Jilly Cooper scolded the team behind Rivals and told them to stop making her "macho men" cry on screen, an executive producer on the show has said.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“You’re as defiant ... a defendant as this court has ever seen,” District Judge Matthew Barrett scolded her.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has scolded reporters who ask basic questions about the war’s justification or objectives.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

On a family vacation to Paris, a French friend of my mother’s scolded me for having written Wharton off, and sent me back to the States with her copy of “The Age of Innocence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“You could’ve hurt yourself,” she scolded Fred as she ushered him into his crate.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein