How to Use chide in a Sentence

chide

verb
Definition of chidenext
Synonyms for chidenext
  • 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
  • Schumer starts her stand-up by chiding everyone for not noticing her pregnancy sooner.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 26 Mar. 2019
  • David Leonhardt chides liberals for being reluctant to talk about it.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 5 Oct. 2018
  • At times, Mund claimed pageant handlers ridiculed her clothing choices and chided her for wearing the same outfits too often.
    — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
  • The World chided McKinley for not rushing to war after the sinking of the Maine.
    — John Maxwell Hamilton, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019
  • The controller, through his thick New Yawk accent, basically chides the pilot for being a baby.
    — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2018
  • Next, the governor brings lawmakers back in a Special Session, and tongue-clucking know-it-alls (like me) chide them for how much all this costs.
    — al.com, 3 June 2019
  • YouTube, like its parent company Google and others, has been chided for its platform being used to spread misinformation.
    — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 10 July 2018
  • They were chided for going all-in, particularly including former first-round pick Jarred Kelenic in the trade, but the Mets shrugged off the critics.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 3 June 2019
  • When Fifty Shades came out, article after article depicted and chided its readers as desperate, horny middle-aged women.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Nov. 2018
  • In her ruling, the judge chided the board for lax oversight of Mr. Musk.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
  • She’s been known to chide people who leave a game early.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • And found a way to chide members of the audience for passing on his HBO hit.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The man next to her chided her, calling her a prostitute.
    — Xanthe Scharff, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But first, Clark chided Che for his past jokes about women’s sports, with help from a montage that Jost put together.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Casting agents would glance at his portfolio and chide him for taking on diverse roles.
    — Hazlitt, 28 Apr. 2022
  • At one point, Lemon raised his voice while appearing to chide a producer for asking them to conclude the segment.
    — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Marguerite's letters chided the young man for writing more often to Marianne and not to her, laying the guilt thick.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Nicky chides Gabriel for over-indulging Owen and Gabriel takes digs at Nicky about being caught up in his work and not sufficiently invested in the boy’s life.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023
  • But this week on Twitter Greenfield chided the senator for her comments on Biden, and is now fundraising off them.
    — NBC News, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Trump has spent years chiding NATO members for failing to meet the 2% spending target.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, Lopez chided the reporter for the question, according to video published by TMZ.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024

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