How to Use berate in a Sentence

berate

verb
Definition of beratenext
Synonyms for beratenext
  • The chatter that berates them spends more time with them than you.
    — Ishmael Reed, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Boyd would stand in the dining room and hear her coach berate her in her mind.
    — T. M. Luhrmann, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
  • My sister-in-law then berated me about this over the phone.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Dramatic footage taken from the house shows the hogtied man writhing on the floor as a woman berates him.
    — Fox News, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Had a parent berate a first year official for a whole half.
    — Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Other prisoners shouted and banged on the bars of their cells, and the prison warden rushed to berate them.
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2022
  • One showed a woman berating the men at the station for not being brave enough to challenge the hikes.
    — Menna Zaki, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2018
  • Not berating them about the past, but pushing them into the future.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 July 2015
  • That is why the president berates judges who don't reinterpret the laws in such a way as to keep him and his cronies out of prison.
    — Windsor Mann, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The boys berated her, with the one in red concluding by calling her a welfare queen.
    — Zito Madu, GQ, 24 Apr. 2018
  • He was once stopped in a parking garage by a man who berated him and said the shooting never happened.
    — CBS News, 18 June 2019
  • And men would berate her in messages and pleasure themselves while doing so.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Yet tons of people called to berate and threaten him, to the point that police were notified.
    — Michael Fitzgerald, WIRED, 8 July 2018
  • At some moments, her voice would bounce around the stage, berating her as her body clenched in horror.
    — Kally Patz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The story is Bean came home one night in a foul humor and started berating his wife.
    — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Jan. 2018
  • His family bangs on the door, pleading with him to respond; his boss berates him.
    — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The scene where the two of them berate each other on the beach and break apart is a harrowing example of acting and writing at its best.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020
  • The dancer claims she was berated and fired after recording a meeting due to a health condition, per the suit.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2023
  • After her speech, a number of them berated her, bringing her to tears.
    — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The parent or caretaker who comes to pick him up berates him angrily.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The sobbing victim appears to berate him and wave what looks to be a wooden board at him as he's being taken away.
    — CBS News, 18 Mar. 2021
  • On cue, his supporters followed suit and began to berate me.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • He would be sprayed with pepper spray and berated by rioters.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • After dinner, the parent berates the child for not getting a better grade.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • His wife berates and belittles him in front of anyone and everyone.
    — Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2023
  • Rupert marches onto the field to berate West Ham’s coach.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • Those gymnasts claimed that Han hit them, pushed them, threw his cellphone and shoes at them and berated them.
    — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a very petite brown woman in tight blue athleisure berating a man who is pushing a baby in a stroller.
    — Elisa Albert, Longreads, 7 May 2018
  • Martha meets him outside the house and berates Jesus for not arriving sooner.
    — Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Every break, Knight called senior Butch Carter over to the bench and berated him.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023

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