She picked up the newspaper and gave herself a stern upbraiding: Look at the real, harsh, stupid world.

Some Russians are clearly uneasy about the constant upbraiding, just as many Americans were put off when Jimmy Carter spoke of an American "malaise."

But a semipublic upbraiding of Ms. Brown and her publisher, Ronald A. Galotti, suggests the relationship has not been completely smooth.

Zimbabwe's upbraiding of Mr. Dell might be called a new low in Zimbabwean-American relations but for the fact that relations have long been subterranean.

Fellow sportswriter Marty Appel recalled "cringing" at Young's "boorish" habit of upbraiding workers in other cities' stadiums for not meeting his "New York standards."

But the pair had plenty of questions to answer, mostly on how Barkley's on-court upbraiding of Thornton for a defensive lapse spilled over into a locker room argument on Friday.

In fact, the language of passion is almost always pure as well as vehement, and it is no uncommon thing to hear a Scotchman, when overwhelmed by a countryman with a tone of bitter and fluent upbraiding, reply by way of taunt to his adversary, "You have gotten to your English."

The searing falsetto of "She's the One" makes for one of Harper's most intense and moving recordings as manic guitar-strumming accompanies his scornful upbraiding of an acquaintance for his self-pitying insensitivity to a "wonderful wife" whom the singer sees and apparently loves as "a very beautiful young woman".

Which of us has most reason to upbraid the other?

You've always known something like this would happen, he upbraided himself.

She could not find it in her heart to upbraid them, however.

Better he should be upbraiding her for being a woman who'd tried to do a man's job.

But they said she upbraided employees only for good reason.

The latter upbraids the father for not being a good example to his son.

Well, do not then upbraid when I also offer you something of mine.

No one was ever upbraided for having a dumb idea.

Some women on the steps were calling out, upbraiding her.

Now people from thousands of miles away are calling to upbraid the town.

He could not now very well upbraid her for getting him into this Reverend situation.

Eric's father upbraids him for being alone, with no wife or children, only a dog and his mother.

Later, in private, she would upbraid him for his foolishness.

Knowing how much she had already lost, he was reluctant to upbraid her further.

I would rather you had come and upbraided me with vehemence.

I was in no mood to be upbraided about my stupidity.

Well she would certainly have something to upbraid him with in New York.

My mother was ready and waiting by the time I came down to the street doors, but she didn't upbraid me.

He failed to bow before leaving her presence, but she did not even consider upbraiding him.

Teachers, he said, try to discipline children for wrongdoing in school and then are upbraided by parents instead of being supported.

It was in evidence now as Tina upbraided him.

Is she not hurrying to upbraid me for my haste?

Then they began to upbraid me for bringing them upon this fatal expedition.

"Were you in the habit of upbraiding your wife?"

She was obviously upbraiding him and he was laughing at her.