Scold

Examples

• Bessie, you must promise not to scold me any more till I go. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Don't scold me, there's a dear good man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Fanny was ready and waiting, and Mrs. Norris was beginning to scold her for not being gone, and still no horse was announced, no Edmund appeared. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Well, said Miss Crawford, and do you not scold us for our imprudence? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It's dreadful, but I can't scold him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Attempting once to scold her in public, Rebecca hit upon the before-mentioned plan of answering her in French, which quite routed the old woman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I shall begin to assert the privileges of a mother-in-law, if you go on like that, and scold you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Perhaps I might have scolded, said Edmund, if either of you had been sitting down alone; but while you do wrong together, I can overlook a great deal. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Her mother only scolded her for being nonsensical. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Hannah scolded, Meg cried, and Jo was at her wits' end, till she decided to take things into her own hands. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We were all scolded that day for not coming down to tea when called. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Jo laughed, Meg scolded, Beth implored, and Amy wailed because she couldn't remember how much nine times twelve was. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And I must say, I think she was used very hardly; for your sister scolded like any fury, and soon drove her into a fainting fit. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• If he had scolded her, or even shaken her, it would not have broken her heart like those few words. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And I hope she's not a scolding old thing! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But thought you might like your scolding better, my dear, if it came from me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• As I couldn't, I held my tongue, and bore the scolding till the old gentleman collared me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They ought to have told me, and not let me go blundering and scolding, when I should have been more kind and patient than ever. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mrs. Bennet deigned not to make any reply, but, unable to contain herself, began scolding one of her daughters. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I should never like scolding any one else so well; and that is a point to be thought of in a husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• There was nothing the young gentleman would have liked better, but elephants could not have dragged him back after the scolding he had received. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She's plenty of tin; she wears a front; and she scolds the servants from morning till night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mother, are you angry when you fold your lips tight together and go out of the room sometimes, when Aunt March scolds or people worry you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• A ducking stool was a sort of a chair in which common scolds were formerly tied and plunged into water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He smokes his hookah after both meals and puffs as quietly while his wife scolds him as he did under the fire of the French at Waterloo. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• We never quarrel--I don't call him harsh--he never scolds me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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