scold
verb (used with object)
were scolding
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past progressiveof scold.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Nala, nala”—Take it, take it—she said, as if she were scolding me.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Running up a tall tree he came upon two red Squirrels in one nest, but before he could get his paws upon one of them they were scolding angrily from the topmost bough.
From Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Edwin Willard Deming
They were good-natured as possible, but sometimes their gibberish sounds as if they were scolding.
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Elizabeth Ware Pearson
The king was angry at her speech; and while they were scolding about it, came Gregorius in helmet and armour, and told the king not to be angry, for she was only saying the truth.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
If I put my finger in his cage, he gets very cross, and waves his wings and pecks at me, and makes a queer noise as if he were scolding.
From Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
