Example Sentences

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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

In Kutcher’s letter, he noted a time when he said Masterson jumped to the defense of a woman whose boyfriend was berating her at a pizza restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 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

Forsythe, with a sextant in his hand, was berating them.

From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan