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Meanings of scolding to in English

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Usage of scolding to in English
1
I stand and cross my arms, waiting for the scolding to start.
Divergent
2
Mrs. Shimerda was going about her work, talking and scolding to herself.
My Antonia
3
Then away he marched, scolding to himself about little girls who played silly games.
Five Little Friends
4
Three years ago, Netanyahu was humiliated by Barack Obama with a public scolding to stop settlement expansion.
The Guardian
5
Mollie paced up and down like a bedlamite, sobbing and scolding to herself, and quite broken down with one day's imprisonment.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
6
Margaret had always liked him and trusted him; he was the big brother who had no duty in the way of scolding to do.
The Man
7
She had been scolding to Betty about people having no thought or care as to how they put back the work with their late breakfast.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
8
On their way they were met by a body of women, who drove them back with threats and scoldings to their homes again.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 48...
9
'They are just like children, and want some training and scolding to make them behave properly,' Kate said.
Chatterbox, 1906
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