Example Sentences

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The captain, wiping his thick moustache with his short hand and raising his shoulders, was reprimanding one of the sergeants.

From The Awakening The Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

She was reprimanding the servant who had answered the bell.

From The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie

They found Carter, whose watch on deck it was, reprimanding the lookout.

From The Mystery by White, Stewart Edward

The district superintendent stood by and was reprimanding the engine-driver, who had evidently been making some complaint about his job.

From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert