Sentence example with the word 'berate'

berate

abuse, bawl out, blacken, chew out, excoriate, fulminate against, jaw, objurgate, rail, rate, revile, thunder against, upbraid, vituperate, yelp at

Definition v. censure severely or angrily

Last update: March 26, 2018


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One way to flatter some women is to berate those whom they despise or fear.   [Please select]

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We read the Sunday Times Rich List with envy and delight but berate others for making money on the property market.   [verb]

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The police officer flagged down the truck and began to berate the driver for driving his rig through the quiet neighborhood.   [verb]

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As he approached, nevertheless, Mistress Epps began to berate him roundly, heaping upon him many rather disrespectful epithets, and demanding for what reason he had attempted to cut my throat.   [verb]

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The teacher berated the students for their poor performance in exam.   [verb]

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Whenever I heard their cries, I knew my neighbor was being berated.   [Please select]

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He reproached the crowd, he berated them, he handled them fiercely.   [Please select]

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Graem berated him for being so ready to "go astray and speak lies."   [Please select]

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And how she would berate you and scoff at your Master Epictetus, and dry-as-dust philosophers.   [Please select]

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