She almost scolded him before stopping herself.
Alex would have scolded her for being so careless.
Sara's parents were very angry with her facetious attitude when they scolded her.
She scolded and preached a crusade, without, however, departing from the steady pursuit of her own interests in Poland, while endeavouring with transparent cunning to push Austria and Prussia into an invasion of France with all their forces.
Gladys must have thought most of the world was deaf as she was quite surprised when Dean politely scolded her.
