Verb (used with object) : The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice. From Dictionary.com.
They glanced at each other in a kind of upbraiding fashion. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old Salem] Reference
And she spoke with more real virulence than that kind of upbraiding generally exhibits. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh] Reference
Epiplexisy (Gf.) a Figure in Rhetorick, which, by an elegant kind of upbraiding, endeavours to convince. From Wordnik.com. [Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words of Whatever ...] Reference
They then left him, some upbraiding him, others shrugging their. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Their reconciliation is interrupted by Marcel, who is upbraiding. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
Yet he was received with an ardent welcome, and without upbraiding. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
Mutual and ferocious upbraiding took place among these miserable men. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
His wife was always upbraiding him for coming home too late at night. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
She suddenly arose and interrupted the reading by violently upbraiding. From Wordnik.com. [California, 1849-1913; or, the rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state] Reference
Russell to use a tone not customary with him in upbraiding the North for. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
They would hear from her in scathing terms when she felt equal to upbraiding them. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
The necessary consequence of all this was occasionally the bitter upbraiding of Sir. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846] Reference
The banker finally turns Dr. Blind out of the house, after upbraiding him violently. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
But he was out and in and off again in ten seconds, upbraiding me like an old-timer. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Here Alice put out one of her dear mother's looks, too tender to be called upbraiding. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
His very friends now began to desert him, upbraiding him with ingratitude and coldness. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
The mollah was in too pitiable a condition for me to continue upbraiding him any longer. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Watson, upbraiding them with breaking their treaty with him, and set out to join his army. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
What was there in the appearance of Joseph to soften the self-upbraiding of this stern man?. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
I refused to listen to him, upbraiding him for tearing me from my home and wounding my brother. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
With all the horrors of an upbraiding conscience, the father and son now returned to the cottage. From Wordnik.com. [Fostina Woodman, the Wonderful Adventurer] Reference
"And thou wilt live, O king, to suffer the pangs of an upbraiding conscience," replied the culprit. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Portion] Reference
Lefevre ordered the yacht to stand away to the shore, his heart torn with grief and self-upbraiding. From Wordnik.com. [Master of His Fate] Reference
The other calmly distributed his clothes among his friends, upbraiding his companion for his cowardice. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858] Reference
She remembered just where she had seen the child, and a pang of bitter self-upbraiding pierced her heart. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls] Reference
While Howard was still upbraiding Olaf a widow entered, who had come to ask for help in a difficult matter. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
"How can I, when you spend your entire time upbraiding me and accusing me of things of which I am innocent?". From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
These things are grievous to a man of understanding: the upbraiding of houseroom, and the reproaching of the lender. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Then the words well into her brain, with fierce, upbraiding, horrible reality: "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow.". From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
He sees the light now; it is the harbour light, and Michael Blake presses swiftly on, his heart upbraiding the laggard feet. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
I have told William that if he takes the step, and it should bring me to the workhouse, I would never say one upbraiding word. From Wordnik.com. [Catherine Booth — a Sketch] Reference
It had disturbed him tremendously, and he had spent the long hours on the railroad train upbraiding himself for his neglect of his ward. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Robin] Reference
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