How to Use scold in a Sentence

scold

1 of 2 verb

• Before the agents go home, TJ has to scold the teams who quit, per his contract.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2021
• If reporters cross over the line too far, Tierney pulls them aside to scold them.
  — cleveland, 2 May 2020
• What is a disgrace is a guest who presumes to scold, much less kick, the other guests.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
• Berrera-Kearns chimed in to scold Naessens on his usage of the word — while using it herself.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2021
• Jill asks to speak with her alone after the ladies scold her and crack a few jokes about her Care Bears attire.
  — Kyesha Jennings, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
• His sous chef scolded him for not informing the kitchen staff.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 22 June 2023
• Dear Miss Manners: I was scolded by a co-worker for putting trash into the trash bin!
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
• When Hunter makes his way back to the holding pen, James, Tre, and Aaron scold him for his selfish behavior.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 July 2021
• But they are supposed to respect their guests' judgment and not scold them in advance.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 4 July 2022
• No doubt many grandmothers will want to scold us, but the truth is, soap isn't going to destroy your cast iron pans.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
• Instead of pushing your luck and waiting for robo-choppers to come scold you, do the right thing and stay inside.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2020
• Meanwhile, Tom pulls Greg into the bathroom to scold him for leaking the info.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 30 May 2023
• Goldberg then paused to scold Teta for an unknown action.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 24 May 2023
• When a chatbot spits out off-base replies, ask follow-up questions or scold it to do better.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• Though Blake sometimes has to scold Emmanuel, the two have a close bond, with TikToks showing the pair hugging and cuddling.
  — Elliot Lewis, NBC News, 19 July 2022
• That doesn’t mean owners should scold their dogs, but instead, train them to settle down on command so that when a storm comes, the dog knows what to do.
  — Fiza Pirani, ajc, 3 May 2021
• Is Biden right to scold oil executives for the pain Americans are feeling at the pump?
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 17 June 2022
• Arthur comes to life, again and again, springing forth from Richard’s mind to prompt, scold or even slap him for his choices surrounding Oxy and the business.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• Xing, who ran three massage parlors, could be a nasty boss, scolding or firing those who crossed her.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• What bothered me the most was the lack of proper etiquette in a theater, and that rather than correct their children, the mothers scolded me.
  — Judith Martin, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
• Court marshals made one of his supporters leave the courtroom and scolded others for trying to talk to him.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2024
• Haberman used to scold her fellow reporters for their Twitter habits.
  — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
• Just telling the story makes Gerwig laugh; there’s nothing self-righteous or scolding about her tone.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Jan. 2020
• Then the subject of their role-play, the iconic Utopian (Josh Duhamel), who happens to be their dad, flies down to scold his daughter Chloe for taking things too far.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2021
• If Robert Black drops out of college, and that day could be coming soon, his professor and his parents aren't going to cry or scold.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2021
• The movement comes months after a report scolded UMN for its historic mistreatment of the state's tribes.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 9 July 2023
• Less common than posters that scold or taunt or threaten are those that entice people with Earth’s beauty.
  — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• Fricker doesn’t scold people for recreational use of the waters.
  — Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• When a stiff wind blew up her skirt, Middleton was scolded by tabloids for not properly fitting her dresses’ hems with weights.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024
• The actor had been scolded early in his career for talking to the main actors on a set, and has learned to exercise caution when approaching stars.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024

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scold

2 of 2 noun

• He can be a bit of a scold sometimes.
• The letter, which is twice as long as the press release, is a masterpiece of pure scold.
  — WSJ, 15 July 2018
• It should be noted that Carter has long been a Clinton scold and skeptic.
  — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 9 May 2017
• But what gets lost in that mess is that journalists aren’t just naysayers and scolds.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2019
• But analysts aren’t convinced that the United States will do much more than scold.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 June 2019
• Dude, Daniel is now married to chief scold Amanda LaRusso.
  — Cydney Lee, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
• Insist on clear answers to these questions, and his defenders might call you a scold.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2020
• In Sacramento, Brown continued to act as the experienced, savvy adult and scold, keeping the left in line.
  — George Skelton, latimes.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• Horror? Pitiless tsk-tsking from snooty British scolds?
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 6 July 2017
• But he can't be dismissed as just another hypocrite scold.
  — Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2017
• She was roundly attacked by many as an ungrateful scold.
  — Dom Giordano, Philly.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• In the Senate, Ms. Warren’s role has been more of an effective scold than a legislative heavyweight.
  — Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 9 June 2016
• Lately, the scold has been ascendant, and some tech companies deserve a scolding and worse.
  — Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2019
• Meanwhile, Cosby became an elder statesman in the black community and at times a scold who, in one famous speech, didn't shrink from telling young men to pull up their pants.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 18 June 2017
• Her backup dancers at the New York gay pride parade. Warren Beatty as condescending scold.
  — Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2016
• And that can be stressful particularly since parents want their kids to have fun on Halloween while not being a scold or wet blanket.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2017
• Considering how often progressives are portrayed as joyless scolds, this is a message that needs to get out more.
  — Katha Pollitt, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2018
• Who better to tackle this subject than history scold Phil Goodstein?
  — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 13 June 2019
• Even Blanchett’s Schlafly is a charismatic, unflappable bulldozer, not a self-righteous scold.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2020
• Brown’s entertaining rhetoric itself made him sound, as usual, like a skinflint, a penny-pinching scold.
  — George Skelton, latimes.com, 15 May 2017
• This is not to say Duncan is a scold or a left-puncher—his trajectory toward more radical forms of economic justice is clear.
  — David Klion, The New Republic, 20 Aug. 2021
• Here, she's forced to play straight woman and scold to Schumer's raunchy free spirit, bumbling her way through life-or-death confrontations and her own budding cultural sensitivity.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 May 2017
• But, honestly, my comment is intended — and received — as a scold and sometimes embarrasses them, as others hear it.
  — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
• Seconds after their entire section overheard this gentle scold, a ball came soaring off the bat of Orioles catcher Pedro Severino.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2021
• Not too long ago academic and media scolds were dismissing U.S. drug research as providing little more than marginal gains.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
• Pollan’s literary persona has a rare, almost Thoreauvian affect: the lovable scold.
  — Tom Bissell, New York Times, 4 June 2018
• At which point her little sister — ever the explainer, ever the scold — declared that in captivity, the dolphins’ signals bounce crazily off the walls; their capacity for echolocation drives them mad.
  — Kerry Howley, Daily Intelligencer, 22 Dec. 2017
• Out on the course, a pair of Eastern kingbirds pugnaciously defended territory against all comers, all the while giving their characteristic tinkling scold.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 6 June 2018
• Magda might have been introduced as a loveless scold on paper, but after ten years of playing her on television and in film, Lynn’s performance elevated Magda to an extension of Miranda’s family.
  — Catherine Cusick, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• Director Cox tackles consumerism, commodification, capitalism, and conformism, but he’s not a scold.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024