was berating
- past progressive of berate.
Example Sentences
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The father had come to the son’s bedroom, and was berating his wife about a misplaced letter from an insurance company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Manager Mikel Arteta was berating his players regularly for their carelessness, but there can be no questions about their character as they snatched a point with that late rally.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
As recently as February, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was berating the city’s stay-at-home workforce: “You can’t stay home in your pajamas all day.”
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2022
Ja’Niah told The New York Times last spring that Ms. Bonner was berating them for not being clean enough and for disrespecting their foster mother.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
I was berating myself for having revealed the true size of my business.
From The Rise of David Levinsky by Cahan, Abraham
