BERATE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for BERATE, such as:

1. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
2. In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders.
3. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
4. Regardless of the vindictive threats of the bullets, he went about coaxing, berating, and bedamning.
5. Doctors are often berated for being poor communicators, particularly when they have to give patients bad news.

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 Meanings and Examples of BERATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
berate
 v.  rebuke or scold angrily and at length
Classic Sentence:
1  Regardless of the vindictive threats of the bullets, he went about coaxing, berating, and bedamning.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
2  If any part of the dinner was a failure, there were fifty indisputably good reasons for it; and it was the fault undeniably of fifty other people, whom Dinah berated with unsparing zeal.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
Example Sentence:
1  He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
2  She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
3  In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders.
4  Doctors are often berated for being poor communicators, particularly when they have to give patients bad news.