Verb (used with object), : He berated them in public.    From Dictionary.com. 

Actually Dr William Lane Craig if this is to whom you refer has "berated" apologists for using the fallacious Liar, Lunatic, Lord argument.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time To End The Kindergarten Revolution] Reference

Roger Waters berated him for not being more specific.    From Wordnik.com.  [Binky Philips: Interviewing Pink Floyd, Dining With Tony Bennett, and Getting Advice From an Undercover Cop] Reference

My niece then berated me telling me he was not a racist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Slavery] Reference

“We never looked at the father,” he berated himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [I’ll Walk Alone] Reference

I was Twitterized and berated on the message boards.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bones Spin-Off: Will the Show's Fans Like "Finder"?] Reference

I berated myself for not being able to contain my feelings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deadly] Reference

This is, after all, the president who has berated Wisconsin Gov.    From Wordnik.com.  [Union Power for Thee, But Not for Me] Reference

Their harsh voices berated me in my head until I came to my senses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welcome to My World] Reference

There are better, healthier ways to go about this than being berated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why I’m quitting « Bored Mommy] Reference

A few people berated me for being vague in terms of my exact situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Swadley: The Reality of Child Support] Reference

Not so for Mr. Gates, who berated Mr. Allen for taking off at such a crucial time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broken Windows at Microsoft] Reference

The whole charade, he berated them, had been handled in an “amateurish” fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Covert Affair] Reference

He tried to make a joke of it, was berated for minutes, and just sat there, taking it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Panorama] Reference

Up until now, Obama has publicly berated Israel for simply defending its sovereign homeland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emanuel: Settlement issue should not block Mideast peace] Reference

Sure, there were moments where I watched and silently berated characters with, Don't do that!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

I have already suggested such, but was berated by someone on this board as being un-american!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entitlement Arithmetic, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

And she even maintained some dignity after being publicly berated by an obnoxious Kanye West.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parent Regrets: Why I Wish We Never Went to See Taylor Swift] Reference

The protesters included many women, who even berated as “cowards” men who fled the basijis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking It to the Streets] Reference

The closing home match of the Premier League campaign had also seen them berated by their fans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mood swing at Arsenal leaves Arsène Wenger needing silverware | Kevin McCarra] Reference

We have to imagine he was hurrying to avoid being berated by someone who was a little bit irritated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tiger Woods Christmas Picture Shows PhotoShopped Tiger Beat Up by Wife] Reference

How many times do we see the father berated and made fun of by the wife, the mother-in-law, the children?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young and the Restless' Eric Braeden Is Still Causing Controversy] Reference

Aster felt her face grow red as she internally berated herself; should have kept the camera up to my face.    From Wordnik.com.  [{W}rite of Passage: Writing Well – Challenge 1 « Sarahndipitea] Reference

So after being berated by my inner critic almost daily last week, I got someexcellent advicehere in my comments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battle-Worn (A Chat with the General) « Looking for Roots] Reference

– Whitman berated Jeff for ordering black coffee, describing it as “an ordinary coffee for an ordinary life.”.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Community' recap: Carpe diem! | EW.com] Reference

Pat Robertson should be publicly scorned and humiliated, and his followers should be berated and severely criticized.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Imus: Pat Robertson ‘should be put to sleep.’] Reference

I never liked being told what to do, or berated unfairly when my boss had forgotten some vital detail in the telling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bosses I Have Known « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference

He once berated and verbally harassed my fourteen-year-old daughter who had asked him not to trespass across our property.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guess it *was* a crime (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

It might have room to go, but that seems like something that will have to come from an invested artist, and not berated into.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kicking The Dog] Reference

And as I ran – the very short distance from where I was to where he was – I berated myself a hundred times with every step.    From Wordnik.com.  [About Last Night - Her Bad Mother] Reference

Her teacher wrote on her test paper "I can see that you didn't study" He assumed didn't ask the right questions and berated her!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lugar: Senate should put off health care debate] Reference

Years of being mercilessly berated by his sisters has led to much repressed anger, causing him to feel the need to lie about everything.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top 10 Unorthodox Date Scenes » Scene-Stealers] Reference

Executives of Goldman, which vigorously denies the SEC charges, were berated Tuesday by lawmakers in a day-long hearing on Capitol Hill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Clinton questions if Goldman Sachs broke law] Reference

I can still remember the first time I returned a borrowed paperback to a friend in junior high and he berated me for "breaking the spine.".    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves] Reference