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Example sentences for "upbraids"

Lexicographically close words:
upbraid; upbraided; upbraideth; upbraiding; upbraidings; upbringing; upbuild; upbuilding; upcast; upcoming
  1. After this she upbraids him with his false Promise to her, and of her Goodness to serve him after such a Disappointment.

  2. She did (verse 16); and she upbraids Elisha again for a worse deceit than she had meant then, by mocking her with a gift which was wrenched from her hands so suddenly and soon.

  3. She upbraids Elisha and Elisha's God for having forced on her an unasked blessing.

  4. Foxe, in his Acts and Monuments, warmly upbraids him; and Aikins in his Biog.

  5. The inaccessible peak, which Monicus upbraids Silvius for struggling toward, panting and exhausted though he is, is the height of fame, the rarer sort of fame, which but few succeed in attaining to.

  6. Upbraids aloud Latinus, twice untrue, And bids heaven witness and his wrongs regard, Thus forced reluctant to the fight anew; How loth again with Latin foes he warred, How twice the truce the Latin crimes had marred.

  7. It is on this occasion that Ducas, with some fancy and much truth, upbraids the discord and obstinacy of the Greeks.

  8. She upbraids him for his coldness, and demands one glance as a test of his love.

  9. Santuzza upbraids him, and a passionate duet follows in which Santuzza's suspicions are more than confirmed by his avowal of his passion for Lola.

  10. Bassi enters and upbraids them, and finally, by the proffer of a still larger sum, induces them to consent to carry out his design.

  11. But, an she dissembles one iota too much, her fellow-farers look askance, and he who eventually joins her for good upbraids her for that by which she won.

  12. In other words, A jealous swain upbraids his mistress; A jealous mistress objurgates her rival.

  13. Nicodemus again asks how these things can come to pass, and Jesus gently upbraids him for his ignorance.

  14. He upbraids them for their incredulity, and foretells His own crucifixion.

  15. He again appeals to His miracles, and upbraids their incredulity.

  16. He upbraids their incredulity, and points out its cause.

  17. Christ upbraids the ruler for his imperfect faith.

  18. Cnemon upbraids Chariclea for her pessimism about Theagenes' fate in the words of Agamemnon to Chalchas.

  19. Later beside the Euphrates river when she can no longer see "the ocean which led back to Syracuse," she upbraids cruel Fortune for driving her farther and farther from home.

  20. Clitophon upbraids himself for swerving from Calligone to Leucippe.

  21. To the shepherdesses enters Robin, who upbraids Marian for her late conduct towards him and his guests.

  22. Lastly he directs his invective especially against his own city, Florence, and in words of bitter sarcasm upbraids her with the perpetual revolutions which hinder all good government.

  23. After the arrival of Beatrice, a scene follows in which she upbraids Dante for his forgetfulness of her, and receives an avowal of his fault.

  24. What pleasure hath the Lord in speaking thus, when he upbraids none?

  25. The Lord upbraids the Jews, “Wilt thou call this a fast?

  26. When he asks her to take some oil out of Annetta's lamp and put it into his, she upbraids him, reveals herself as death, and tells him to make his last request, for he is about to die.

  27. Bassi upbraids them, and finally, upon receiving an additional sum of money, they agree to execute his designs, and conceal themselves.

  28. He finally bribes Ganymede to show it to him, and as he stands gazing at it and praising its loveliness, Pygmalion, who has suddenly returned, enters and upbraids them.

  29. Enraged at the discovery that the muleteer is not Don Sebastian, the Queen upbraids him and yet declares she will be true to him.

  30. In Wolfram's story Condrie is the messenger who upbraids Parsifal for not healing the sick King, and Orgeluse is the beautiful woman who tempts Gawain.

  31. She perceives the whole of Wotan's plan, and upbraids him for throwing on a guiltless man the curse of his own crime.

  32. He is still in stripes, but he seems to wield some powerful influence over the new Deputy; he openly defies the rules, upbraids the guards, and issues orders.

  33. Don't talk like that to me," the Inspector upbraids him, severely.

  34. On the contrary, he upbraids himself for his inaction and sloth, thereby indicating clearly enough that the great fundamental difficulty is an inward one, and that the real scene of the tragedy lies in the hero's soul.

  35. Even when he cannot acquit his friend of all guilt, even when he mournfully upbraids him with having robbed the poor man of his one lamb, his chief concern is always lest any estrangement should arise between his friend and himself.

  36. Back at the court he upbraids Sattrajit for falsely accusing him.

  37. Mohammed here upbraids the hypocritical Moslems, who, for want of faith and constancy in their religion, were backward in going to war for its defence.

  38. So that they supposed the idols not to be sui juris, though they offered sacrifices and other offerings to them, as well as to GOD, who was also often put off with the least portion, as Mohammed upbraids them.


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