REPRIMAND in a Sentence

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So we were reprimanded tonight, in the dining hall, for without knowing it we had begun to sing aloud some tune we had never heard.

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 Meanings and Examples of REPRIMAND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reprimand
 v.  reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  "I congratulate you," said he, in the tone which one uses for a reprimand.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
2  Grandfathers are made to reprimand fathers.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER
3  de la Tremouille with a letter in which he begged of him to eject the cardinal's Guardsmen from his house, and to reprimand his people for their audacity in making SORTIE against the king's Musketeers.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
4  On this we all went inland, and Eurylochus was not left behind after all, but came on too, for he was frightened by the severe reprimand that I had given him.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK X
5  I did not need to be guided to the well-known room, to which I had so often been summoned for chastisement or reprimand in former days.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  In other days she would have been forced at least to reprimand him severely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
7  He only laughed and would not permit Scarlett even to slap the little girl's hand by way of reprimand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
8  Yes, indeed, Edmund," added her ladyship, who had been thoroughly awakened by Mrs. Norris's sharp reprimand to Fanny; "I was out above an hour.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
9  So we were reprimanded tonight, in the dining hall, for without knowing it we had begun to sing aloud some tune we had never heard.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART TWO
10  "We are singing because we are happy," we answered the one of the Home Council who reprimanded us.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART TWO
11  She severely reprimanded the gardener on account of his dog.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER V.
12  He was annoyed, and reprimanded the bailiff.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 26
13  The men were called up first, and reprimanded in a bunch, and then dismissed; but, Jurgis, to his terror, was called separately, as being a suspicious-looking case.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 28
14  I dare say it was with the best intentions; But I get reprimanded for permitting radical ideas to be instilled in the minds of the young.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
15  Under any other circumstances he would have reprimanded the soldier for indulging in such pleasantry, but his conscience murmured too loud for his mouth to dare speak.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
Example Sentence:
1  The grouchy shop assistant was curt with one of her customers, which resulted in a reprimand from her manager.
2  Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class, she was afraid that Miss Minchin would reprimand her and tell her father how badly she was doing in school.
3  The manager earned himself a severe reprimand for criticizing the referee.
4  She was reprimanded by her teacher for biting another girl.
5  The rest of us are reprimanded for even the smallest transgression, while he can get away with murder.
6  When members of the youth group draped the church in toilet paper one Halloween, the minister reprimanded them for their impiety.