verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Don't be stupid, she berated herself.
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He berated the White House time and again for not building support for the Bosnia operation within Congress.
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He berates his then-girlfriend, known only as Jackie, for taking much-needed breaks from caring for him.
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I seemed always to be berating myself for visiting with friends and spending a Sunday afternoon talking.
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Just occasionally the tensions spilled over, such as when she berated Moira publicly about the way she was feeding her first child.
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She took a shaky step back, mentally berating herself for continuing to react to him in this inexplicable fashion.
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Still, she was able to berate Patsy and Betsy for giggling.