Example Sentences

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“See, Matilda? I was right. We have no cause to run out of the city like children scared by a ghost. Lucille will be scolding us by sunrise,” he chuckled.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

The old man will be scolding me if I stop here, because I upset his little grandson, and I do not choose to submit to that.”

From Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good by Kingston, William Henry Giles

"Hush thee, child; thou must not speak more now, or the doctor will be scolding me."

From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William

Kedzie will be scolding her children or her grandchildren and telling them that in her day little girls did not speak disrespectfully to their parents or run away from them or do immodest, forward things.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

Come back quickly, Tihon dear, or mamma will be scolding again.

From The Storm by Garnett, Constance