berating 1 of 2

present participle of berate

berating

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of berating
Verb
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud's berating of a Christian minister who objected to street signs named after an Arab American leader is being called out by his electoral opponent. Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
Auburn athletics director John Cohen was seen berating officials as the team went into the locker room for halftime. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025 They’re quickly followed by another fan, who appears to be berating them. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025 Over the past week, some have posted clips of Hammoud berating Barham that have drawn millions of views. Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025 The coach focused on helping his team settle and regain their confidence rather than berating them for falling behind. Jay Feldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Current and former division attorneys interviewed by ProPublica and The Chronicle said the lawyers had misgivings about the administration’s tactics and were reluctant to work with Terrell, who already had a reputation for berating staffers. Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025 Devon Hogan Flanagan, a special assistant attorney general in Rhode Island, who was caught on video berating police officers trying to remove her from a restaurant after she was asked to leave, has been placed on unpaid leave for six months. Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025 Ellis also accused the rapper of berating and body-shaming her and spitting on her. EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025 The sheriff should be berating the mayor and commissioners, who decide how to spend city money. Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for berating
Verb
  • Miss Sammie flashed the scolding look Jean had known since childhood, though playfully now.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Shipp is tasked with scolding her father and delivering leaden exposition.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He was convicted of failing in his duties and received a formal reprimand.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The three most common forms were suspension (39%), often without pay, and reprimand (30%), both of which ran ahead of firings (26%).
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Since exiting Dries Van Noten a few years ago, Scallon has been working as an independent consultant and mentor in fashion communications strategy, also lecturing occasionally and sharing his views about creative content on podcasts.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The same woman Don had been lecturing about beer.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Chopra dared every woman to dream and think optimistically because doing so is a direct rebuke of not just personal troubles but also more systemic ones.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The historic vote last November offered a fierce rebuke of statewide Republicans who had spent decades restricting access.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cast members immediately reacted to Caroline’s misgendering, with some reprimanding her, while others covered their faces in embarrassment.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But despite the excessive lashings of déjà vu, these are storytelling clichés that work.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There were, indeed, in the Middle Ages, some very fine paintings covered in lashings of gold leaf.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Its press releases criticizing the latest risqué scenes on broadcast and basic cable TV routinely generated media headlines — as did its deep-dive studies showing an increase of more adult content.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Ciattarelli initially praised Sherrill voting yes on a resolution celebrating the life of Charlie Kirk, and accused Sherrill of flip-flopping on her values, criticizing her for condemning some of Kirk’s rhetoric.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the appeal to you, gentle readers, to email us with your thoughts, questions, reproofs, corrections, jokes, recipes, etc.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 May 2025
  • Advertisement China’s Foreign Ministry also issued a vehement reproof.
    Elaine Kurtenbach, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024

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