Berated is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Berated meaning
simple past and past participle of berate
Using Berated
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of berate
- In the example corpus, berated often appears in combinations such as: berated the, has berated, berated her.
Context around Berated
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Berated
- In this selection, "berated" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, demeaned, lawmakers, lizzo, former, others and staff stand out and add context to how "berated" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after being berated by a and after being berated she spent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "berated" sits close to words such as abnormally, acrobatic and adm, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with berated
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Danger berated her two newest charges, before they walked out on her. (12 words)
The principal pulled Timonet into his office, berated her, and stripped her of her student government position. (17 words)
Former forced labourers, their supporters and liberal opposition lawmakers berated the government plan, calling it a diplomatic surrender. (18 words)
Though on December 2, 2016 the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court presided by Justice Kolawole ordered the release of Sheikh El-Zakzaky and berated the Nigerian government for violating his rights, Buhari’s government turned a deaf ear! (40 words)
But within a year, one of her coaches in B.C.—who Paterson says constantly demeaned, berated and gaslighted her—kicked her out of the gym, allegedly because Paterson’s parents were too demanding. (34 words)
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo, over the desecrating action towards Oyo monarchs at the inauguration of the 34.85km Oyo-Iseyin road in Oyo State. (33 words)
Though on December 2, 2016 the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court presided by Justice Kolawole ordered the release of Sheikh El-Zakzaky and berated the Nigerian government for violating his rights, Buhari’s government turned a deaf ear! (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
After being berated, she spent the following hour sobbing before turning to watch videos online until she felt tired.
A sportswriter saw Knight’s hand in that, wrote about it and that same sportswriter was berated at the Hammel dinner.
But within a year, one of her coaches in B.C.—who Paterson says constantly demeaned, berated and gaslighted her—kicked her out of the gym, allegedly because Paterson’s parents were too demanding.
Etim also berated some parents who allowed their children to be used as laborers on people’s farm and as hawkers.
Former forced labourers, their supporters and liberal opposition lawmakers berated the government plan, calling it a diplomatic surrender.
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo, over the desecrating action towards Oyo monarchs at the inauguration of the 34.85km Oyo-Iseyin road in Oyo State.
In the lawsuit, it is reported that Lizzo berated a dancer for her weight and then fired her after a health condition caused her to have to record a meeting.
The allegedly unprovoked verbal assault came after Senator Thorpe had reportedly berated others inside the club for being on Aboriginal land.
The group berated the president for choosing to compare himself with a state Governor in terms of achievements.
The passenger is taken off the plane and arrested, after the airline says he behaved wildly and berated staff with profanities.
The principal pulled Timonet into his office, berated her, and stripped her of her student government position.
Though on December 2, 2016 the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court presided by Justice Kolawole ordered the release of Sheikh El-Zakzaky and berated the Nigerian government for violating his rights, Buhari’s government turned a deaf ear!
While foreign secretary he was berated at a Sikh temple in Bristol for talking about increasing whisky exports to India – despite alcohol being forbidden in the Sikh faith.
A former member of the House of Representatives Usman Bugaje has berated the Bola Tinubu’s government for pronouncing the fuel subsidy without plans to cushion the impacts of the move.
Danger berated her two newest charges, before they walked out on her.
Grech's comments follow a statement by Graham Bencini and Jerome Caruana Cilia, who, at a press conference at the PN headquarters berated the suspended central bank governor.
He described one incident where a female worker had fainted with stress after being berated by a supervisor.
In heartbreaking text messages, Erike Scholtes berated her husband over the tragedy and said: 'We've lost her.
In the first half, he begged with, swore at generally berated the refs about over-the-backs, elbows and hip checks that weren’t called.
Obi had hailed Tanzania for its exploit in electricity generation and berated Nigeria for failing to provide electricity for its teeming citizens.
Common combinations with berated
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: