How do you use Scold in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like jaw or reprimand, plus the exact meaning.
Scold meaning
A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
Synonyms of Scold
Using Scold
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
- Useful related words include: scolder, jaw, reprimand, lecture.
- In the example corpus, scold often appears in combinations such as: to scold, scold her, they scold.
Context around Scold
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scold
- In this selection, "scold" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, management, deficit, trina, ideology and journalists stand out and add context to how "scold" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appeared to scold his girlfriend and around and scold them when. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scold" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scold
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They scold – and correct – certain driver behavior/actions. (8 words)
She felt like all she did was nag her kids and scold them incessantly. (14 words)
He’ll scold Trina for interfering and wish she would’ve just stayed out of it. (16 words)
And it’s so easy to open that chat window and start talking again, it will never scold you for it, and you don’t have the risk of making the interest in you drop for talking too much with it. (41 words)
It’s why President Trump received a rapturous welcome Saturday night from religious conservatives who underpinned his 2016 election victory and are even more rock solid today, despite the scandals and “potty mouth” for which Warren likes to scold him. (40 words)
I am breaking my twitter hiatus to express my deep disappointment with how the City of Portland chose to scold journalists for sharing public information instead of admit that cops probably shouldn’t be helping violent activists avoid arrest. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hop into the second row, and the WRX Sportswagon isn’t the sort of impractical sports car your partner will scold you for.
Recently she had to scold her son, Saint West, for flashing the middle finger to the paparazzi.
They scold him for making false promises and deceiving the people into voting him into office in the last election only for him to leave the people disappointed.
Afterwards, the man said something in English to the boy, I wouldn’t know if whatever was spoken to the boy was a scold or encouragement.
And it’s so easy to open that chat window and start talking again, it will never scold you for it, and you don’t have the risk of making the interest in you drop for talking too much with it.
But the agency certainly doesn’t scold the lower court judge for taking a broadside against the practice – gratuitously in the opinion of the pay TV programmers.
If I had one wish, it would be to magically appear before an anti-masker or anti-vaxxer literally every time they scold their child for throwing a tantrum so that I could nut punch them every time.
It looked tired, sleepy and hungry, and my first reaction was to scold her for carrying it around in the cold and rain.
They also all cringe when time is taken to scold them for wearing shorts and tops that are too revealing and wonder if the boys are getting similar lectures.
They scold – and correct – certain driver behavior/actions.
Even though they scold him for his dangerous job and seem to show concern, they don't add anything to the film.
He’ll scold Trina for interfering and wish she would’ve just stayed out of it.
In August last year Jones said Scott Morrison should shove a sock down Ardern’s throat, causing 2GB and 4BC to haemorrhage advertisers and have management scold him publicly for his offensive comments.
In previews for the episode, Tim appeared to scold his girlfriend for her interaction with famed surgeon Dr. Younan Nowzaradan.
It's part of a centrist deficit scold ideology that views responsible politics as forcing the American people to drink their tough medicine so we can make the economy grow.
She felt like all she did was nag her kids and scold them incessantly.
However, while women today face almost no repercussions for their idle chatter, women of the Middle Ages faced an extreme sort of corporal punishment: the Scold’s Bridle.
I am breaking my twitter hiatus to express my deep disappointment with how the City of Portland chose to scold journalists for sharing public information instead of admit that cops probably shouldn’t be helping violent activists avoid arrest.
It is unhelpful to sign kids up for endless activities and advanced classes, and to later turn around and scold them when they feel unfulfilled doing nothing.
It’s why President Trump received a rapturous welcome Saturday night from religious conservatives who underpinned his 2016 election victory and are even more rock solid today, despite the scandals and “potty mouth” for which Warren likes to scold him.
Common combinations with scold
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: