upbraid
verb (used with object)
to find fault with or reproach severely; censure.
upbraidingly
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a word derived from
upbraid.
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a word derived from
upbraiding.
Example Sentences
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“Impracticable man, have you no fear?” demanded the foiled Montigny upbraidingly.
From The Advocate by Charles Heavysege
"I never knew thee before hesitate for fear of life," said Richard upbraidingly.
From The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
Nat produced his treasure very unwillingly, and told Bet upbraidingly that if she had slept one moment longer, so as to allow St. Jude's clock to strike nine, he might have retained his treasure.
From A Girl of the People by L. T. Meade
Mark Antony upbraidingly tells him that his great-grandfather was a freedman of the territory of Thurium 107, and a rope-maker, and his grandfather a usurer.
From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
Daisy stood in the middle of the floor upbraidingly, if one's attitude can express so much.
From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Amanda M. Douglas
