- present participle of scold.
scolding
Americannoun
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scoldings
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Etymology
Origin of scolding
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at scold, -ing 1
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"I had imagined us being together until we're old, her scolding me until we're old, but now I can't hear her voice any more."
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
In 2018, he issued his most famous scolding, decrying the court’s failure to take up California’s 10-day waiting period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
They’re like, “You should be out there scolding people who use this term colloquially.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Security guard Pascal Duvier, most recently infamous for allegedly scolding 11-year-old Ada Law at a hotel in São Paulo, is clearing the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
I let myself breathe out, feeling less like one of Anatole’s schoolboys taking a scolding.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
We’re always reminded that if the scoldings and feedback stop, that’s actually when you should get concerned because it means people have given up on you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
There was no need to apologize to those fans who basked in The General’s epic on-camera scoldings of players and refs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
They had a habit of stealing Shukkur’s unripe guavas, plums and mangoes whenever they visited, prompting scoldings from their grandfather.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
But angry public scoldings have not had much effect on the two holdouts, and Biden’s private entreaties to Manchin this week seem to have done little to break the impasse.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
That is what my sass was doing to me, worrying and badgering me with her never-ending orders and scoldings.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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