berated
scolded or rebuked; criticized: I get to my workplace all summer long using the city’s much berated public transportation system.
the simple past tense and past participle of criticize.
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How to use berated in a sentence
Passengers berate flight attendants about their noncompliant cabin mates.
Sneezed on, cussed at, ignored: Airline workers battle mask resistance with scant government backup | Michael Laris | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostAfter the vote, the two Republicans had to face a lineup of poll workers, clerks and voters, who berated them for declining to certify an election in which 878,000 people had voted.
For three hours, an obscure county board in Michigan was at the center of U.S. politics | Kayla Ruble, Tom Hamburger, David Fahrenthold | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostWomen are berated—and berate themselves—for dressing too sexily.
In the empty trattoria, he berated the waiter for bringing the wrong decanter and wine glasses.
Brunello’s King Lear: Gianfranco Soldera Reflects on the Attack on His Wine | Alice Feiring | December 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut while the congressmen squabbled amongst themselves and berated the witnesses, this all felt like prelude.
But then she berated the show for not having him in the first episode.
‘Homeland’ Showrunner: ‘We Knew We Had to Plot a New Course’ | Andrew Romano | September 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI called her “Hippo Girl,” and as I berated her I felt negative attention shift from me to her.
My Strange Passage From Suspected School Shooter to Prom Queen | Gina Tron | January 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSo the name of a street has become the much-berated canteen of the sutler and the much needed canteen of the soldier.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterWeary and exasperated from her day among the jostling shoppers, she berated David in loud and angry voice.
To Him That Hath | Leroy ScottShe berated Raleigh before her ladies, and forbade him to come to court.
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea | Charles H. L. JohnstonThe policeman was a friend of Bridget's, and she berated the "durty varmints," who ruined her week's washing.
The Little Washingtons' Travels | Lillian Elizabeth RoyHis voice rang out in the masterful way she had so often berated to Julie.
Those Dale Girls | Frank Weston Carruth
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