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Example sentences for "berated"

Lexicographically close words:
bequest; bequests; bequethe; beran; berate; berating; berberry; berceau; berceuse; berde
  1. Three of the younger judges who at first dared to give their true opinion were berated by Cauchon, who bade them quit their ecclesiastical quibbling and let the jurists decide the matter.

  2. She met Jane Wenham and that woman quite properly berated her for the stories she had set going, whereupon the maid's fits were worse than ever.

  3. When he did so, she berated him as heartless.

  4. In his rages he berated her as a cabby might have scolded his drunken wife.

  5. No doubt he had gone home and berated his sisters for their friendliness and had so intimidated them that they had no choice but to bow to his will.

  6. The Tartars berated Clement, and Clement berated the Tartars.

  7. You flirted with him," she berated herself.

  8. Her sense of proprietorship showed in the way she fussed over his coffee and eggs, berated him for his lack of appetite.

  9. How she berated herself for sending him home!

  10. That he was permitted to do so was due to the influence of the great chief Ouasicoude, who always befriended him, and who had soundly berated his two companions for refusing him a seat in their canoe.

  11. Then Beaumains and the damsel resumed their journey, while she, as if in a fury of spite, berated him more vilely than ever before.

  12. Here he violently berated him as a traitor, and struck at him a furious blow.

  13. No wonder I fretted myself, and berated my ill-fortune.

  14. Shaking his fist he berated IĆ©mon with violent words.

  15. Sunsets and twilights, the shadows of trees in still waters, flowers and reeds, old ruins in the moonlight, sometimes even faces moved him until he was ashamed, and berated himself for a sentimental weakling.

  16. In this instance two or three girls caused some disturbance while we were in prayer; and we were scarcely on our feet when one of the self-constituted policemen jumped over some of the others and soundly berated the offenders.

  17. While the best man is trying to satisfy all these demands, the groom is often berated soundly by some, and even at times suffers bodily violence.

  18. The Times was berated by English friends of the North.

  19. Miller took the floor, and in a disgusting manner and vile language berated the women present and all woman suffragists.

  20. The red-robed figure seated itself in a wicker chair and berated the idea that mortal man ever could be generous,--act without selfish motives.

  21. Despite the fourteenth century innovation of necks cut low and off the shoulders (berated by the Church), most necks in the fifteenth century are still cut round at the throat, and the necklace worn instead of collar.

  22. He was much disturbed, and roundly berated the painter who had caused the conflagration.

  23. The loss of so many dogs and so much of their outfit sobered the entire party, and Estankawak berated Olalola soundly for allowing the team to get away from him.

  24. It is not necessary to relate what took place when he descended upon the unfortunate Jim; it is sufficient to say that he dragged him from his sick wife's bedside and berated him soundly for his treachery.

  25. We berated ourselves soundly, at each of our secret conferences, and kept on doing it.

  26. Nothing now restrained him from calling on Cissie; he would keep no dinner waiting; he would not be warned and berated on his return home.

  27. In the Siner cabin old Caroline Siner berated her boy for his stupidity in ever trading with that low-down, twisting snake in the grass, Henry Hooker.

  28. Illustration: In the Siner cabin old Caroline Siner berated her boy.

  29. The waiter shouted and berated Maggie, and she pulled at her hair and rolled her eyes upward, crying: "What shall I do?

  30. He was the worst berated man in Yellowcoats, but in the greatest demand.

  31. The women sat about the kitchen and berated Mike, unable even to get a bit of dinner cooked.

  32. Twisting and twisting, until the agony made the girl cry out, she berated her--"Ah!

  33. The rest of the reviews, as far as I could see, pitied and berated us pompously.

  34. The thickset man was also exercising the privileges of his rank; but the more he berated his attendant's awkwardness, the more nervous the other became.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "berated" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.