| A cranky old man who scolds children for making noise violates with his loud voice the very quietness he upholds. |
| The querulous critic who scolds it as he would a spoiled child, has not learned the primer of politics. |
| Her disdain is getting personal, her subject matter less ephemeral, as she scolds rich Americans driven by wanderlust and entitlement. |
| But tackling Spears in public would have made the far right look like scolds or puritans. |
| Under the guise of political virtue, it scolds, berates, rebukes, criticizes, and has a high old time doing it. |
| When William's mother allows him to skip his home study, his father scolds them both. |