How to Use reprimand in a Sentence

reprimand

1 of 2 noun

• The doctor has received no reprimands by the board since then.
  — Ken Alltucker, azcentral, 9 Mar. 2018
• The board is allowed under the law to issue a private reprimand.
  — Stephen Groves, ajc, 20 Sep. 2022
• A few days later a reader sent me a polite but stern reprimand.
  — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2017
• Doing so is enough to elicit dirty looks and even nasty reprimands from complete strangers.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2018
• Two agents faced disciplinary action, both in the form of oral reprimands.
  — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2018
• Mayes slaps her palms on a tabletop to mimic the sound of one of Brown's stinging reprimands.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 1 Nov. 2019
• Hawkins received a letter of reprimand as a result, the Guard said.
  — Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• The penalty for breaking the policy can range from a reprimand to firing.
  — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2020
• The board is allowed under state law to issue a private reprimand.
  — CBS News, 16 Sep. 2022
• He was dismissed from the Air Force and issued a letter of reprimand.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2019
• Chauvin got a letter of reprimand for his handling of the stop and for not turning on his recording equipment.
  — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
• Censure is a formal reprimand that goes into the public record.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• That drew a judicial reprimand and more than a little red flush to the DA’s cheeks.
  — Mario Nicolais, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2017
• He was sentenced to a punitive letter of reprimand and a forfeiture of three months' pay.
  — Jamie Crawford, CNN, 25 May 2018
• The officers face a range of punishments, from a reprimand to being fired.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 1 Aug. 2019
• Zhe file shows that Chauvin was issued a letter of reprimand.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2020
• But there were no public reprimands, no warnings to other nuns.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Seattle Times, 1 Jan. 2019
• The punishment could be a light as a public reprimand or as severe as removal from office.
  — Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, 14 June 2017
• Some dogs with harsh punishment trauma may eat their own poop to avoid further reprimand.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022
• The board’s censure was upgraded to a public reprimand by the state Supreme Court.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2019
• Sarah Coppock was sentenced to receive half-pay for three months and a letter of reprimand.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 9 May 2018
• Zuckerberg might get a reprimand tougher than the equivalent of detention.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2018
• Grigsby received a formal reprimand from the Army in April.
  — Craig Whitlock, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 June 2017
• Clearly, your reprimand did not warrant being cussed out and name-called.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 23 July 2022
• Sankey issued a public reprimand of both coaches and silenced them.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• One of the officers received a reprimand in what until then had been a clean personnel file for not wearing a body-cam at the time.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 2 June 2020
• The action is more severe than a reprimand but not as serious as expulsion.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
• Three of them will also receive letters of reprimand, and all actions are likely to end their careers.
  — Barbara Starr and Caroline Kelly, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
• Ricard was suspended for three days and was issued a formal reprimand.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022
• The pair face penalties that could include reprimands or suspension of their law licenses.
  — Craig R. McCoy, Philly.com, 14 June 2018

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reprimand

2 of 2 verb

• The soldiers were severely reprimanded.
• The teacher did not apologize, and the school did not reprimand her.
  — NBC News, 3 Sep. 2021
• The officials had to reprimand the crowd for shining a laser at the players.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 15 Dec. 2019
• When Jake goofs off at the scene of a robbery, Amy reprimands him.
  — Sauleha Kamal, The Atlantic, 12 June 2018
• Politicians reprimand with one hand and give handouts with the other.
  — Bill Cassidy and Jeff Hoopes, WSJ, 8 June 2021
• The solution was not to take it away from the senior manager or reprimand him.
  — Robert Sher, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• His mother says the school should not have publicly reprimanded him.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 29 Sep. 2017
• Olson, who denied the charges, was reprimanded and fined for her role in that episode.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2019
• The remake sharply reprimands any such daydreams about its twin doctors.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
• None of the officers involved was reprimanded, the suit says.
  — Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 15 June 2019
• Herman even goes so far as to reprimand his coaches who aren't tweeting enough.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 5 Oct. 2016
• Many even said it’s a code to empower creators versus to reprimand them.
  — Charli Penn, Essence, 9 Apr. 2021
• Pruitt being found to have violated the rules of his job… would mean that he would be reprimanded by his boss.
  — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 14 June 2018
• Strom did not deny that he had been reprimanded for not wearing a tie in compliance with the school’s dress code.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 1 May 2018
• After the arrest, Delke was reprimanded for using a taser to stop the armed man.
  — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 28 Jan. 2020
• He was reprimanded by the Arpanet administrators and told not to do it again.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 3 May 2017
• If youngsters got into mischief, any parent on the block was liable to reprimand them.
  — Mary Grace Keller, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2022
• The sheriff was never charged or reprimanded for his action.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2020
• My feet dangled from the chair in patent leather shoes and I was reprimanded by my father more than once for kicking the bar that stretched between the legs.
  — Robin Antalek, Longreads, 22 Apr. 2020
• Less severe measures that might reprimand Trump seem equally out of reach.
  — The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2020
• The state’s highest court said they were not empowered to reprimand those who violate.
  — Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
• Another was a guard who had been reprimanded for repeating a racial slur back to an inmate.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2017
• He also was reprimanded for lying about having talked on the phone call to a former inmate, records show.
  — Jeff Weiner, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 June 2018
• McCready was removed from the team and six others were reprimanded, the report said.
  — Fox News, 10 July 2018
• But one of his colleagues, a black woman on the force, is receiving praise for appearing to reprimand him after the shove.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 3 June 2020
• LaQuish continues to frustrate the team, and Ross must reprimand his crush.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
• Spear has said that no members of the athletic department staff were reprimanded.
  — Chadd Cripe, idahostatesman, 28 Mar. 2018
• Still, Ghaani did not reprimand the militia groups during the meeting.
  — Star Tribune, 9 July 2021
• Don't take this to mean Markle was reprimanded after her shower, though.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2019
• Sources say Swift was reprimanding Coleman, who then brandished a gun and opened fire.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 18 Aug. 2017

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