chide
verb (used with object)
to express disapproval of; scold; reproach.
will chide
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future tenseof chide.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps some older readers will chide my 8th-grade self for not going outside or hanging out at the mall or doing whatever it is teenage kids were supposed to do in 2002-2003.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2015
He smiled, and added: “Maybe time will chide me.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2015
"By St. Eloy!" she cries to her mule, "if thou stumble again I will chide thee!" and she says it in the French of Stratford at Bow.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
The winsome girl held one of the socks on her knee—who will chide her?—and a tear glistened in her eye.
From Better Dead by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Then we will chide the sun for letting night Take up his place and right: We sing one common Lord; wherefore He should Himself the candle hold.
From In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris
