Example Sentences

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They had letters from commanders, communications between leaders where they were reprimanding section commanders for failing to turn in their expenses because they were keeping expense reports every month showing their accounting structures.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2016

The voice on the GPS belonged to an old woman and was annoying, it sounded as if she were reprimanding the driver.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2015

A pixie fluttered up to me, shaking her fists and squealing as if she were reprimanding me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

There he met some Spaniards who were reprimanding the soldiers, but on looking toward the seats that the girls had occupied he saw that they were vacant.

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.