He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
She might have taken the opportunity to berate scientists for their closed mind.
When the people berate them for ignoring tradition, they respond by brandishing a virulent and intolerant nationalism.
After three years of hearing Johnson berate him, the 6-3 point guard is ready to help lead Dallas to a championship.
Now, we often hear how we're all too busy, too geographically dispersed, too careerist, too selfish, too something to move an elderly parent into our households. We berate ourselves for it.
He frowned and was about to berate her.
Take responsibility but don't berate yourself for making it, especially in public.
James Dobson, the former head of Focus on the Family, a social conservative group, used to berate Mr Obama for his "fruitcake" ideas.
I was taking so long and I was panicking about my hair, my clothes, everything, and I came downstairs expecting him to really berate me but he said, 'Listen to this!'
To rebuke or criticize harshly or abusively;berate.
Republicans plan to berate the bill as both a job-destroyer and a handout to big business.
I'm sure that if this is applicable to your case, you already know it... you probably hate yourself for it too, so I'm not going to berate you about it.
But to ban them and berate them seems doubly dippy.
He doesn't rant. He doesn't berate anyone (especially in front of others), except in the very rare instance when it is entirely appropriate and necessary to do so.
To scold or rebuke sharply; berate.
Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
I've been in meetings where the CEO allowed himself to ramble, rant, and berate for a half hour straight.
She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
No, the insecure egomaniac-in-chief will almost surely deny awkward truths, and berate the media for reporting them.
To scold sharply; berate.
Here is a person who can tell them anything you want about yourself, and they won't judge, they won't insult or berate, and they won't just leave you unexpectedly (within their abilities, anyway).
