Sample sentences for REPRIMAND

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Definition

to criticize someone by telling them what they did wrong — often in a formal manner

I was reprimanded for coming to work late again.

reprimanded = criticized for doing something wrong — often in a formal manner

She was given an official reprimand for mishandling the case.
The election results were a reprimand to incumbents.
As I said it, I half pointed to the man in the corner, but brought my arm down quickly lest Atticus reprimand me for pointing.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

reprimand = criticize

Without a word of reprimand, she picked up my clothes from where I had tossed them at the foot of the bed, and absently draping them over the back of a chair, she said, "Stacey tells me you blame Big Ma for what happened today."
Mildred D. Taylor -- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

reprimand = correction or criticism

...we were reprimanded...
Ayn Rand -- Anthem

reprimanded = criticized

School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play, and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands.
Shirley Jackson -- The Lottery

reprimands = criticisms

I know how scared you were:' Stevie Rae's grin faded at the reprimand in my voice.
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked
One shot, and the snooty officer who dared to reprimand him passes into eternal life (or is it eternal death?
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
I need your cloak; you took no trouble about mine, but reprimanded me; so now give up your own.
Nikolai Gogol -- The Overcoat
Marin reprimanding Hanna for, oh, stealing a car and driving pissdrunk, she told Hanna that she "was taking care of it."
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
"I'm sorry" I was devastated to be reprimanded by my mom so harshly.
Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
That and the quick, almost sardonic smile I would catch him hiding from Siri when she reprimanded him.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
"No!" he said sternly, as though a reprimand had ever worked.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
"Block," said Leni, as if reprimanding him, and, taking hold of the collar of his coat, pulled him up slightly higher.
Franz Kafka -- The Trial
Mike briefed him, then I waited, expecting one of his mild reprimands—bracing self to answer sharply: "And what was I supposed to do?
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
He reprimanded himself for not acting on his gut.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
He hesitated here, wondering if a reprimand was coming, but Dumbledore merely said, "Quite understandable.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Violators would be reprimanded by the barrios involved.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
Sure to be a fatal accident, with a reprimand from the coroner's jury for my negligence.
George Bernard Shaw -- Mrs. Warren's Profession

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