How to Use chide in a Sentence

chide

verb
Definition of chidenext
Synonyms for chidenext
  • She chided us for arriving late.
  • Heredia's friends would chide her for her taste in men, but by all accounts Rios was different.
    — Megan Cassidy, azcentral, 23 Apr. 2017
  • Some of my Chinese friends chide me for overidealizing China.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2010
  • But Stanton's office chided Nowakowski for the delay on the issue, which ultimately will go to the full council.
    — Rob O'Dell, azcentral, 8 May 2017
  • While some moms and dads are in awe of the 'lifesaving' abilities of the soother, others are chiding Babocush for promoting the demise of the parent-baby bond.
    — Alexis Hobbs, Woman's Day, 5 Feb. 2016
  • And the defense is sure to point to another recording made by Solis three weeks later, where Madigan chided the alderman for using the term.
    — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The same woman resoundingly chided for wearing finger-to-ankle florals well into her pregnancy?
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Mar. 2014
  • But there is also, somewhat oddly, a rather negative mention of Canada, which rates relatively well in general but is chided.
    — The Hive, 27 Apr. 2017
  • That is, until Stone chides him for not running the turn hard enough in the 200.
    — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2018
  • In her ruling, the judge chided the board for lax oversight of Mr. Musk.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Yet, the same dopes who condemn Trump's fire and fury now chide the opposite.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2018
  • She’s been known to chide people who leave a game early.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The World chided McKinley for not rushing to war after the sinking of the Maine.
    — John Maxwell Hamilton, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019
  • And found a way to chide members of the audience for passing on his HBO hit.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Hansen chides the drummer before Coverdale breaks into a quick line from the song's chorus.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 26 June 2018
  • The man next to her chided her, calling her a prostitute.
    — Xanthe Scharff, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2023
  • Some Twitter users chided the Times for giving the men a platform to share their sexist views.
    — Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Some fans have not been big fans of Jeremy’s long hair, and often chide him about the look on social media.
    — Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2018
  • When asked about Paul's vote, Beshear chided the senator.
    — Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal, 5 Mar. 2020
  • His older brother, sitting one row ahead, turned around to chide him.
    — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Gone is the bluster that had prompted European Union allies to chide the U.K. for wanting to have its cake and eat it, too.
    — Flavia Krause-Jackson, Bloomberg.com, 2 July 2017
  • The United States has long chided Europe for not doing its part.
    — James Goldgeier, Washington Post, 9 July 2018
  • Last month, the judge chided both parties for making such slow progress on the years-long legal dispute.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 17 June 2023
  • In the 1960s the young chided the old guard with regressive social attitudes.
    — The Economist, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The appeals court chided the attorneys for their last-minute filings.
    — Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
  • Fogerty sent cease-and-desist letters to the Trump campaign and even joined TikTok solely to chide Trump for playing the tune.
    — Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
  • None of them appears to have the moral authority – or the political will – to chide the others for breaking the rules.
    — Simon Shuster / Hamburg, Time, 9 July 2017
  • It’s not entirely fair to chide Ferrara for the language issue.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022
  • With about five minutes left, David got up and made his way out, stopping to chide a reporter who had posted a picture of him with his feet up in the first half, and left.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Tito Jackson was the last of the nine Jackson siblings to release a solo project and was chided for having an insignificant role in the Jackson 5.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024

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