chid

variants or chided
past tense of chide

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chid Maybe that’s a delicate dance even for Drinkwitz, who invoked the Alabama game several times but semi-playfully chided the media for relevant questions about the stuff that plainly needs to be shored up. Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025 On their walk home, Pérez’s daughter leaned over her brother and chided him for speaking Spanish in public. Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025 During filming, Turner chided Swarts, and dismissed her in the next rose ceremony. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 Scottie Scheffler isn’t the only one getting chided. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 Some of the boys’ family members chided Salgado for running from the crash scene and not stopping to help the boys after the crash. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 Burrows on Tuesday did not mention redistricting but chided Democrats for not showing up to debate the flood response package. Nadia Lathan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 Ahead of their set, bandleader Marcus Mumford sat down with Fallon for an interview and playfully chided him for his short intro at the anniversary event. Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Garland chided Mitchell on an alley-oop attempt that Mitchell and Allen both aborted and ended up with a turnover charged to Garland. Tony Jones, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chid
Verb
  • Rachel Dratch scolded Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz for laughing while rehearsing the original Debbie Downer sketch on Saturday Night Live.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There, she is repeatedly scolded, first by a testy parking attendant (Mark Stolzenberg), and then by a doctor (Bronstein), who warns Linda of consequences if her daughter doesn’t soon reach her target weight of fifty pounds.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In August, a gunman who blamed COVID vaccines for his depression opened fire on the agency’s Atlanta campus, killing a police officer.
    Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The woman long blamed for her role in the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is getting a modern makeover.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He was admonished in an awkward one-on-one interview by the legendary Alfredo Di Stefano for playing too high up the pitch against the man-marking Italians rather than dropping deep.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The judge agreed and admonished the defense on the bench Friday.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Chid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chid. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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