verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't scold him for doing badly at school, he's doing his best.
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I dreaded the thought of going home and being scolded by my father.
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Our parents were strict and we were frequently scolded for our bad behaviour.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the first lady of this portrait can also be a scold , stand-offish and sanctimonious.
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He scolds me for leaving the flat.
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He hated everything that was happening at first, scolded her, as if it were her fault.
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Her voice was stern, just short of scolding.
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I scolded myself for repeatedly thinking of them.
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The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.