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  • verb Simple past of chide.
  • verb Past participle of chide

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Examples

  • "But you're looking for a bed just the same," Martin chided, "and it's a cold night."

    Chapter 45 2010

  • "But you're looking for a bed just the same," Martin chided, "and it's a cold night."

    Chapter 45 1908

  • He's drawn ire from the netroots for his speech on religion, where he "chided" liberals about Christians.

    Poll: Hillary Doesn't Have To Apologize For 2002 Iraq Vote 2009

  • S. O'BRIEN: He kind of chided you last time the two of you chatted.

    CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2005 2005

  • , Steny Hoyer "chided" Michele Bachmann for not taking the Democrats 'word that the N-word was used on the day Democrats passed the health care bill:

    California Conservative Gary Gross 2010

  • Prima chided his generation for attacking rock-and-roll and thereby renouncing its primitive past.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • "You're gossiping like a pair of beldames," she chided them.

    A DAY'S LODGING 2010

  • "But you didn't accept father's invitation," she chided.

    Chapter 45 2010

  • They are also chided by the school superintendents they hire, though usually not to their faces.

    Who needs school boards? Jay Mathews 2011

  • Pow-Wah-Kaan, she chided me and said they were evil; also she beat me.

    LI-WAN, THE FAIR 2010

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  • Dr. W. F. Zierath of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, put the matter succinctly when he chided certain fellow members of the profession

    September 14, 2010