He objurgated her for letting the boy out of her sight. From LearnThat.org.
It is customary to objurgate Thackeray as too moral. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century] Reference
He was about to objurgate, but affirmatived her motion to ring the bell for the servants, and addressed Peterborough: 'You read. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete] Reference
He was about to objurgate, but affirmatived her motion to ring the bell for the servants, and addressed Peterborough: 'You read 'em abroad every morning?'. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Why, then, make an exalted virtue of the necessity which drives us, and objurgate the poor black man because he prefers present ease to a doubtful prospective retirement on a competency?. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales] Reference
Four of his fellow-passengers followed, inspired by his example, ready to explore, to objurgate, to resist, to submit, to proceed, according as their prime factor might be inclined to sway them. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the West [Annotated]] Reference
Yet she loved him too well to objurgate where she was only as yet suspicious; and in the quietness of the hour, she fell for a moment into her widowed habit of speaking as if none were present but herself. From Wordnik.com. [Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII] Reference
This poor Legislative, spurred and stung into action by a whole France and a whole Europe, cannot act; can only objurgate and perorate; with stormy 'motions,' and motion in which is no way: with effervescence, with noise and fuliginous fury!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution] Reference
It would be my advice to persons situated in this way, to not roll or thrash around, because this excites the interest of all the different sorts of animals and makes every last one of them want to turn out and see what is going on, and this makes things worse than they were before, and of course makes you objurgate harder, too, if you can. From Wordnik.com. [A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 3.] Reference
(Ogden Nash) I objurgate the centipede. From Wordnik.com. [The Centipede] Reference
The latter could only obey -- and objurgate. From Wordnik.com. [Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters] Reference
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