Alan had preferred to let them learn with minimal chiding.

Differences in interests usually lead at most to teasing and gentle chiding.

"You don't understand at all," she said in a chiding, deeply disappointed voice.

So until someone would do it, he would keep on with his loving chiding.

Her chiding is gentle but she means it.

I don't listen in, and Afra added an admonitory chiding.

Her tones of pointing out the obvious slid into an affectionate chiding.

He accepted Ament's cautious chidings, but only so far.

Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

Even now I can hear the chiding of goldfinches just outside my window, telling me it's time to fill the feeders.

Her chiding of the Mayor was a marked shift from her usual hands-off approach.

Against Rose's chidings he went in his old working clothes as if, perversely, to deny that the day was special in any way.

Bay smiled to ease her gentle chiding.

But the tired Zamorin was lured by the chiding of his own mother to emerge from the temple and organize one last assault.

I agree with you about 'Wait Until Dark' the chiding, abrasive husband really irked me as well.

He deserved their chiding, he knew.

Mr. Clinton did not reply to the chiding, sticking in his toast to his theme of friendship.

He had grabbed at the sweets, thrown down his first choice on the rug, and helped himself to more, with only the fondest of maternal chiding.

The quick chiding of Villa and the command of Harley made him pause in amazement.

But others worried that her chiding was emasculating, casting her husband - under fire for lacking experience - as an undisciplined child.

It would have needed a very stalwart young woman in 1828 to disregard all those snubs and chidings and promises of prizes.

"I'm F'lessan, Tai," he replied with gentle chiding and a smile lurking in his eyes.

There were daily messages for the princess which combined the most eloquent condolences with chidings for her aloofness.

Panamon looked over and, upon spying the serious countenance, ceased his chiding of the captive and turned his attention to Shea.

Then it was Jeni's turn, and Sioned nearly choked on laughter when Ostvel indulged in a bit of fatherly chiding.

You're too used to having things go wrong, she chided herself.

This is no time to get cold feet, he chided himself.

You always wanted to be top dog, he chided himself.

He chided a few onto their feet and got them started.

"You have been away more than three days," the computer chided him.

No, she's going to believe the information was right, he chided himself.

There should be nothing to fear now, he chided himself.

Then he decided that the girl had come here to chide him.

At times I felt he was chiding me for having sat through all this.

None of which had anything to do with the matter at hand, he chided himself.

You could have gone after your own ship, she chided herself.

It was not yet time to chide her about this.

Yet the chief of security smiled when he chided his son.

Gold knew his wife would chide him that God made everything.

Ali's voice chided them as she came up on the group.

She chided him for having kept it so long a secret.

Then I bit my tongue and chided myself for being too open.

Sometimes I did write to her, too, and she never chided me for being slow.

If anyone ought to know better, it should be you, he chided himself.

The next moment this feeling had gone, and she was ready to chide herself for it.

It was wrong of her, though, to chide people for concerns about cost.

Harry began to chide himself for not having thought of the same plan.

Then chided himself for getting so excited about one woman, after all the women he had known.

"You keep thinking in terms of force," she chided him.