Decreasing as He increased, John offended Herod Antipas by "boldly rebuking vice.
And it was the terror of all animated beings and it looked like the very image of the Destroyer Yama; and with the hissing noise of its breath it lay as if rebuking (an in-comer).
Notice instances of the boldness of prophets in rebuking kings (1 Sam.
The bishops of the Christian church stood alone in the midst of the universal depravity, like mighty colossi, defying the civil power and rebuking royal license.
Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don't you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
There are few instances on record of moral heroism superior to that of Samuel Hopkins, in thus rebuking slavery in the time and place of its power.
The history of the Edinburgh reformers is no new one; it is that of all who seek to benefit their age by rebuking its popular crimes and exposing its cherished errors.
The Rebuking of Amasis In a papyrus of the Ptolemaic period we find the old expedient of rebuking a king by recounting to him an apposite story.
Ken continued to reveal the same spirit of boldness, however, rebuking the sins of the dissolute English monarch.
Before him stood once more the spirit of his father, gazing at him with calm, rebuking eyes.
When Malvolio himself appeared, they paid no more heed to him than they had done to Maria, and only answered his rebuking words by each singing at him in turn snatches of different songs.
The same thing is repeated on the way back to his seat, and there are bitter mutterings, a great deal of subdued or smothered profanity, and fierce, rebuking looks flash from beneath the beautiful bonnets of the females.
So she had chosen the original method of at once rebuking and shaming him.
His master, while rebuking him for using such means to get the money, not only does not take it from him; but seems to expect that he would invest it in real estate, and cattle, and would procure servants with it.
He now added a parable, more clearly stating his claims and more solemnlyrebuking these hostile rulers and pronouncing judgment upon the nation they represented.
And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
He was not rebuking them for their compassion; he rather meant to indicate that while his sufferings were pitiful, their own were more worthy of tears, for they were to be even more intense.
She sat among us, at the best, A not unfeared, half-welcome guest, Rebuking with her cultured phrase Our homeliness of words and ways.
And to men come luminous hours, rebuking the common life.
To the mature and the great also come dreams of ideal excellence, smiting selfishness, rebuking sin, taking the sweetness out of sordid success, and urging men on to higher achievements.
Yet my grandmother loved Lady Ardaragh, and before my presence was noticed I have heard her say in a rebuking way that her ladyship's ways were only the ways of a girl married to an elderly, grave scholar.
It was no use rebuking Neil for his want of charity to the dead.
On the contrary, in the very act of condemning the practice of Peter, Paul approves his principles; he is rebuking Peter just for the concealment of his correct principles for fear of men.
It looks rather as though what Paul wasrebuking were merely a spirit of division, which manifested itself now in one watchword and now in another.
He was rebukinghimself for having made his "gal" cry.
Faith, rebuking herself for having permitted the frail girl to play at all, was quickly at her side, as were the others.
Instantly Muriel was on her feet, rebuking herself for having left Miss Gordon alone.
They did not comprehend the mental processes back of the words, and in their simplicity thought that He was actually rebuking the wind and soothing the waters.
He was fearless and powerful in rebuking the wrong-doer, but kind, benevolent and fatherly to the deserving.
Here the quorum of the Twelve held a council, and the President was under the necessity of rebuking two of the Apostles "for undoing what the majority of the quorum had done in the organization of the camps for traveling.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rebuking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
