Sentence Examples:
"There you are," she chided, "ruining your poor eyes with fine print in this wretched light!"
For my part, nevertheless, I do not cease sending letters asking, urging, chiding the king.
He now tenderly chides the people for their dependence upon the crown, especially the leaders.
And, wanting some better occupation, she would chide her sister when they were alone together.
Siegfried, especially, was very thirsty, and playfully chided Hagen for forgetting so important an article.
Though we may chide, we easily forgive even very grave offenses, so that love be the excuse.
"You'll have Slim Hoover and Bud Lane shooting each other up all on your account," chided Echo.
The friendship between him and Chide appeared to be very close, yet not a little surprising.
One of our most accomplished living scholars chided with me in this sense a year or two ago.
Max, though aware of Stephen's presence, made no movement of recognition, till Ethel spoke in playful chiding.
If she had, Aunt Caroline would certainly have chided him for working himself into a childish fury.
The others laughed, and the president chided, "You oughtn't to give a preacher away like that, Bill."
Let us therefore trust to nothing but what we see, and chide ourselves where we are over-credulous.
In addition, they chided the Board with simply being message carriers instead of men of influence.
"This makes the fourth time I have had to punish you this week, Sylvester," chided the teacher.
"So, looking at the matter from that point of view, you have nothing to chide yourself for."
Though it's sinful to chide after prayer, still as a human being I cannot keep from complaining.
The old man laughed again, this time like he was chiding a small and extremely foolish child.
Lois sat at her window, looking out at it, and chiding herself that it made her feel sober.
The daughter chided her brother for his wickedness, upon which he struck her and killed her.
I now recollected Cheese's advice, and chided myself for having expanded my lungs at the packing.
Sometimes I chided myself for my discontent; and certainly there were many who might have envied me.
The shadows were passing over the white cottage, as if chiding the bright rays which shone within.
Perhaps he is scarcely to be chided for being in what is sometimes known as a state of mind.
Our business is to soothe and solace, not to chide him, or add a particle to what he suffers.
Chided the colonel, as he picked up the pieces which she was about to grind under her feet.
The proud girl, indignant at what she sees, too fearless to be frightened, at once commences chiding him.
The thought sent the blood coursing warmly through his veins, but he chided himself for it.
Eric had thought of this first meeting with a sort of anxiety; now he chided also his vanity.
Alone in the midst of that gay and splendid court, he was never noticed except to be chided.
She fanned me, and gave me some restorative, chiding me the while for getting out of my berth.
She asked, adopting a tone not of curiosity but of chiding him for seeing Stella instead of herself.
Our companions chided us for doing so, saying we should anger the Indians by doubting their friendship.
It is much easier for genial folks to chide the critics with programs than to be critical of themselves.
As soon as her sister was silent, Miss Faithful's conscience began to chide her for her little evasion.
Girard gave him a silver watch worth twenty dollars and chided him for having been gone so long.
At once a smooth path opened to view, and I chided myself for having been blind to it so long.
I was wild with terror and sorrow, and bitterly chided myself for not having died with her.
Often he chided me for wanting to brick up the door of that lonely building there beside the brook.
They chided her for going into the battle and exposing herself to danger during all those hours.
"You might have waited until daylight," he chided, his voice freighted with emotion, "and with less risk to yourselves."
Both had rather large and definite noses, and Bob often chided his uncle on that family trait.
She declined his visit: not now; 'not yet': and for that he presumed to chide her, half-sincerely.
Chiding herself for the delay and for her selfish regrets, she worked desperately to accomplish a rescue.
Chided Mother Martin, who had come out of the house to find out what all the excitement was about.
He began to chide, and the stranger, with a glance she could not erase from her recollection, disappeared.
Again the fleet hounds rally in his rear, and chide till earth and air are vocal and harmonious.
The mother's voice chiding the maid in the next room was the only sound that broke the silence.
"I think that was real mean of you, Hippy," chided Grace, laughing in spite of her effort to be stern.
It's becoming in you to chide me, as if you had not yourself urged me to steal many a time!
He looked at her frankly, no deceit in his eyes, but a mild surprise to hear her chide him so.
She chided herself for her mistrust of him; was it not natural that he should wish to rule?
The last stage of his journey was a short one, and he chided himself for not having walked.
He chided them as children, soothed them as children and forgave them and certainly loved them as children.
"You aren't as calm as you pretend to be," I chided, hiding the thrill of triumph that rose in me.
She thought to herself she should look so pretty in the moonlight, that he would forget to chide her.
In infancy, for example, if we happen to stumble, our nurse does not chide us, but beats the stone.
Half chiding, half soothing her with tender words, she held her firmly till she grew calm again.
He says it rather gently, in a somewhat chiding manner, as though he had said, "Bad fellow, bad fellow."
I chided their delay and unfortunately remarked, "that it took a long time to make an angel out of a woman."
Lottie even chided herself secretly for her hardness of heart; she could not be as sorry as she wished.
He would have preferred that she found these repulsive, but she continued gay, even hard, under his chiding.
The master-of-camp hearing this, disrespect to the general, chided them, and sentenced them to serve in the companies.
Hence, she would chide him and criticize his actions in a way that often made him very uncomfortable.
"Let me take you home," he said, when he saw that she could find no words even to chide him.
I chanced to pass near it, when off went the little brown bird with her sharp, chiding manners.
Anna's face was smeared with tears; but she was too proud to sob, and chide Johann for crying.
"It is not kind of you, sir," she said, in a half chiding whisper; "you must not do it again."
Some young women suffer in shapes of their mother's making, by spare diet, straight lacing, and constant chiding.
"It was the Mummy," murmured the King, "come to chide me for doubting his promises for an instant."
He chided, his red face growing redder, his fingers nervously feeling the buttons on his picturesque silk waistcoat.
Nobody is interrupted, even with the chiding of a child; and if the child be stubborn, it is removed elsewhere.
Then I chided myself for asking so much, for even these few words must have somewhat lessened our speed.
In a letter which came to me to-night you chide yourself for neglecting to write so frequently as you had done.
She would chide her familiar servants so loud, that they that stood afar off might sometimes hear her voice.
And yet they chide me because I try and keep from breaking down by letting Emma nurse my strength.
"You look at a poor man as if he were the front of a cathedral," he chided her, again trying to be merry.
It only deepened in his soul his growing hatred for Charley Halsey, the man whom he dared not chide.
She drank more champagne than was good for her, and when this happened, Brockton himself would chide her.
I chided her it might be somewhat harshly, and I shall not soon forget the malicious look she put on.
She did not chide him with his folly and weakness in ever becoming friendly with such unworthy companions.
Would he cast him off in disgrace, or might he chide him as having abused the shelter of his roof?
Entertaining his friend, he chides his cook for no better cheer, and names the dishes he meant and wants.
And before he went Mark must know this for certain, chiding himself for having put it off so long.
Yet do I chide myself for recalling things which these holy women have renounced, and doubtless would fain forget.
The forest woman was so angry over her recent experience that she forgot to chide Hippy for his familiarity.
Coming round inadvertently to assist him, he chided me, saying, that, being actively employed all day, I needed repose.
What would he not have given to have heard those pale lips speak, even though it had been but to chide!
And when he had been there a short while his father gave him a good chiding for having run away.
The count drew his daughter closer to his side, and playfully chided her for not having returned sooner.
All the people of that country are very obedient to their sovereign, and fight not nor chide with one another.
His mother chided him, saying, "You do well to weep like a woman for what you failed to defend like a man."
Just now I have used truth for the purposes of falsehood, a fault which I chided in you earlier in our journey.
The puppies became troublesome; he chided them, and put the bit of leather they were quarreling about in his pocket.
As soon as Constantine heard of their departure, he sent a chiding letter to Mahan, and bade him mend his pace.
Old Mother Nature was about to chide him for being late, but noticing his excitement, she changed her mind.
None of the techs seemed to notice; they had often chided him about it, but he was used to that now.
How could he chide the lovely and devoted woman, whose fraud had grown out of her affection for him!
She chides him for this long and complete neglect, but there is a marvelous sweetness in her caressing reproaches.
And so well-managed a government Sir Thomas did not maintain by severity and chiding, but by gentleness and kindness.'