How to Use chide in a Sentence
chide
verb- She chided us for arriving late.
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But Palmer was not to be chided.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
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He’d get chided for long shooting days.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
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Riley then chided about where such a breaking point might come.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
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His older brother, sitting one row ahead, turned around to chide him.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2022
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My son chided me for not buying a lottery ticket on the way home.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
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Casting agents would glance at his portfolio and chide him for taking on diverse roles.
—Hazlitt, 28 Apr. 2022
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That is, until Stone chides him for not running the turn hard enough in the 200.
—David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2018
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Teachers chided her for this habit; Baker paid them little heed.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
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Hansen chides the drummer before Coverdale breaks into a quick line from the song's chorus.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 26 June 2018
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Last month, the judge chided both parties for making such slow progress on the years-long legal dispute.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 17 June 2023
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Betty chides her husband in the way couples married 63 years can.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
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Heredia's friends would chide her for her taste in men, but by all accounts Rios was different.
—Megan Cassidy, azcentral, 23 Apr. 2017
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The appeals court chided the attorneys for their last-minute filings.
—Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
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Williams worries, notices, intuits, chides and calls out.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Some fans have not been big fans of Jeremy’s long hair, and often chide him about the look on social media.
—Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2018
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Afterwards, back at the dorm, Noa chided Anniko for the bold move.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Oct. 2024
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There are some detractors, though, who chide the Chiefs tight end for his activity off the field.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Later, the cop’s boss pulls up to the scene and chides the officer for holding up Ice-T.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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He is chided for his opinions on race and for believing that women have less brainpower than men.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
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And found a way to chide members of the audience for passing on his HBO hit.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
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While many commenters agree that the name is not their favorite, some are also chiding the man for not being honest sooner.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 6 July 2025
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The United States has long chided Europe for not doing its part.
—James Goldgeier, Washington Post, 9 July 2018
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Some Twitter users chided the Times for giving the men a platform to share their sexist views.
—Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2017
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Even though that is what happened, Vance chided the media for casting the incident that way.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
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Trump has previously expressed chided his own appointees for some of their rulings.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 June 2026
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When Elliott told some of the women about her new contract, she was gently chided for accepting a low fee.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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At one point, Lemon raised his voice while appearing to chide a producer for asking them to conclude the segment.
—Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2020
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Scottie Scheffler isn’t the only one getting chided.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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That one was nixed by a Supreme Court that chided Biden for executive overreach.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
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