scoldings

plural of scolding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoldings
Noun
  • Schuster said the Fujian is more likely a stepping stone, and China’s next carrier, the Type 004, on which early construction is believed to have begun, will incorporate lessons learned from it.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Stories in which mystery and suspense and fear — stories replete with the trappings of the supernatural — were vehicles for lessons, for learning, for slices of life.
    Christa Carmen, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Arbitrary rulemaking and punishments, absurdism and fringe beliefs are part and parcel of Lanthimos’ storytelling.
    Thomas Page, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The college football season has now reached its midway point, and while numerous punishments have already been handed down to programs this year—most stemming from field-storming incidents—Tuesday brought a notable enforcement under a different policy.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The intensity of the vitriol directed against her seemed like a backlash to the #MeToo movement’s admonitions to believe all women.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Bensons have since learned there is nothing exclusive about low-digit plates — and that legislators do not always heed admonitions about the out-of-state use of legislative plates.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In sharing the perspective of his office, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian fixated on disputing the brothers’ motive, despite several admonishments from the parole board against re-litigating the crime.
    Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And yet, Doja continuously taps the well while adapting it to her own aesthetic, moving fluidly between sweet harmonies and nimble raps in classic Doja form.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
  • To his credit, the streams so far have given fans a lot to unpack, as well as a trove of new snippets and hints of what sound like some very good raps from Drake.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Moretz wore her hallmark blond hair in loose waves and opted for long, fluttery lashes and a glossy pink lip.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Charlotte Tilbury only just launched at Amazon, but this best-selling liquid highlighter is already marked down, as is this Lancôme mascara that defines, volumizes, and lengthens lashes in one fell swoop.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Links with nonprofit group The recent castigations from progressive Democrats were driven in part by the Opportunity Caucus’s ties to One Main Street.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Like legions of dreamers before him, McGuirk started on film and TV sets as a PA, an often thankless job where random castigations from members of the cast or crew can be par for the course.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Scoldings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoldings. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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