UPBRAID in a Sentence
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18 example sentences for UPBRAID, such as:
1. Scarlett, I'm not upbraiding you, accusing you, reproaching you.
2. They turn upon those accomplices and upbraid them and curse them.
3. Gerald upbraided Pork for his impertinence, but he knew that he was right.
4. His mother had no further occasion to upbraid him for squandering his money.
5. She upbraided herself for the sentiment, but could not overcome or lessen it.
2. They turn upon those accomplices and upbraid them and curse them.
3. Gerald upbraided Pork for his impertinence, but he knew that he was right.
4. His mother had no further occasion to upbraid him for squandering his money.
5. She upbraided herself for the sentiment, but could not overcome or lessen it.
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Meanings and Examples of UPBRAID
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upbraid
v. severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 True to her promise, Melanie clung to Scarlett's skirts like a small rustling shadow and Gerald was too much of a gentleman to upbraid his daughter in front of her.
2 Useless for the patriotic Mrs. Merriwether to upbraid her daughter and point out that homespun was the proper bridal attire for a Confederate bride.
3 But she did not upbraid him on his return, for she was happy that he had made the trip successfully and pleased that he brought back so much of the money she had given him.
4 The outrageous treatment of poor Tom had roused her still more; and she had followed Legree to the house, with no particular intention, but to upbraid him for his brutality.
5 His mother had no further occasion to upbraid him for squandering his money.
6 They turn upon those accomplices and upbraid them and curse them.
7 She looked at him and, screwing up her eyes sternly, continued to upbraid the general who had won from her.
8 Gerald upbraided Pork for his impertinence, but he knew that he was right.
9 Had he exploded with rage and injured vanity or upbraided her, as other men would have done, she could have handled him.
10 She upbraided herself for the sentiment, but could not overcome or lessen it.
11 For this he was upbraided in the Senate by Fabius Maximus, and called the corrupter of the Roman soldiery.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XVII — CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETH...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XVII — CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETH...
12 He could not write Suellen, upbraiding her for her faithlessness; he shrank from the very idea.
13 Scarlett, I'm not upbraiding you, accusing you, reproaching you.
14 She did not sit there inwardly upbraiding her husband, lamenting at Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the path which they had taken.
15 Without one overt act of hostility, one upbraiding word, he contrived to impress me momently with the conviction that I was put beyond the pale of his favour.
Example Sentence:
1 Not only did Miss Minchin upbraid Ermengarde for her disobedience, but she hung her up by her braids from a coat rack in the classroom.