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Example sentences for "scolded"

Lexicographically close words:
scoffers; scoffing; scoffingly; scoffs; scold; scolding; scoldings; scolds; scole; scolers
  1. He then went quickly into his house and scolded his wife right well, saying, 'What have you done?

  2. Then his mother scolded him very much, saying, 'I see you will bring me to the beggar's staff with your carelessness!

  3. Mother and father now scolded the saucy child, and condemned her to solitude and sleep.

  4. Solling scolded and cursed and the company was about to break up when we heard some one coming noisily upstairs.

  5. The rector scolded him, but the fellow answered that he had not taken service as a gardener.

  6. As to Stuyvesant, he sailed home and was severely scolded by the West India Company for his "scandalous surrender.

  7. It is even said that John Rolfe was roundly scolded by King James for daring to marry a princess without first asking leave.

  8. He scolded me for not having been around for three days, whereupon I truthfully replied that I feared I was unwelcome to his daughter.

  9. My father, who was extremely dissatisfied, scolded me frequently and threatened to make a mechanic of me.

  10. She scolded me and found fault with me incessantly.

  11. Out of all patience with these constant interruptions, Andre scolded her kindly enough, and mocked at her childish fears.

  12. After each of these storms he had laughed, in wonder at himself, had scolded himself and grown calm.

  13. Are we boys at school, to be scolded and flouted and put right by you?

  14. He was always getting scolded and punished.

  15. And instead of being sorry for him his mother had scolded him.

  16. And the old Hen said, "My children came here to play yesterday, and you scolded them and drove them away.

  17. Yesterday your children scolded me and disturbed my peace.

  18. After the major had scolded a little and eased his conscience, he smiled as much as the other members of the family.

  19. Father and Mother Blossom were so glad and so grateful that the accident had turned out so fortunately, when it might easily have had serious consequences, that they scolded no one.

  20. It is strange he should have noticed the dog so far off; but he had good eyes, had Little Mitchell,—and the way he screamed and scolded when he saw the dog!

  21. As soon as the lady came he made a dive for the hall and scampered home; for she had told him he must not go near the open door, and had scolded him so often for doing it that he knew perfectly well he ought not to do it.

  22. You never heard anything like it,—unless you have been scolded by a gray squirrel out in the woods sometime!

  23. It hurt her that he had forced her to sing and dance for her food, and then had scolded her for her lack of animation.

  24. Time and again he had scolded Marta because neither she nor the puppets could sing the Garibaldi.

  25. She scolded me, and then she cried, till I didn't know where to look.

  26. I did not get scolded for the broken window.

  27. He attacked one thing after another, the rugs on the floor, curtains, anything flying or fluttering, and Miss Laura patiently scolded him for each one, till at last it dawned upon him that he must not worry anything but a bone.

  28. Miss Laura always picked up the little, dead creature, pitied it and stroked it, and scolded Malta till she crept into a corner.

  29. There was never any noise or confusion in the house, and though there was a great deal of work to be done, everything went on smoothly and pleasantly, and no one ever got angry and scolded as they did in the Jenkins family.

  30. Scolded him from morning until night, and fed him on cracked ice for a week, just because he didn't scare the cloud off when he saw it coming.

  31. I've noticed children writing things on nursery walls lots of times and then they've been scolded for doing it because their nurses said it spoiled the paper.

  32. The vine was very angry, and the bees and wasps scolded and stung; but the Queen was not afraid, and all her good subjects thanked her.

  33. Yes, I do hate light of all kinds, and wish it were always night," scolded the bat.

  34. The master then scolded him soundly about the stolen robe, but in vain Labakan told him he had come to pay for it and offered three times its price.

  35. On his return to the palace he was well scolded by the housekeeper for staying away so long.

  36. The queen was very angry, and scolded her well; but as she longed to have the distaff she consented, though she gave the king a sleeping draught at supper.

  37. She was startled at first; but I persuaded her to listen to me, and I soon saw that I was not displeasing to her, though she scolded me gently for my disobedience to my master, and my deceit in disguising myself.

  38. This time Ingiborg hid Sigurd under the table, and scolded him well for not doing as she bade him.

  39. But when Gudbrand was aware of that, he scolded her much for daring to talk alone with him, and bade her beware of speaking aught to him if the whole household did not hear it.

  40. Gunnar scolded him a long time, and he answered him well, and said he would follow his counsel more for the time to come than he had followed it hitherto.

  41. Then those namesakes thought they had been beguiled by Mord, and scolded him much, and said that this fine was all his doing.

  42. She came out now in extreme wrath, confiscated the chocolates, and scolded Winona sharply.

  43. She read her monthly reports, and scolded her if her work had fallen below standard.

  44. I like dogs, and I know they don't like to be scolded any more than we do--or than boys or girls do.

  45. Even if the prunes were only little black stones it wasn't just the thing for Splash to do, and Sue scolded him for it.

  46. Macquart, who alone continued to sneer, scolded the old mother.

  47. Well, she is not happy; she makes a great many complaints, and you may imagine that I scolded her and preached complete submission to her.

  48. Sometimes when I had been scolded in school for whispering, in which I was a great offender, I prayed in shame and remorse for forgiveness.

  49. She scolded the girl for being lazy and indifferent; at school the teacher reprimanded her constantly.

  50. Occasionally she scolded her for faults that happened at the moment to annoy.

  51. Except when something had crossed her so that she scolded and her face grew red, she was always cheerful.

  52. Along the streets of the tiny towns and on dusty country roads farmers in overalls stood up in their wagons and scolded at the horses, rearing and prancing in half pretended fright of the passing train.


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