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Six example sentences with berate, each labelled with its topic.
The coach berated his starters at halftime for lazy transition defense, then benched all five for six minutes.
Basketball
The head chef berated the line cook loudly for sending out a risotto that had gone cold and gluey.
Cooking
Teammates berated the new player in voice chat after he wandered off alone and lost the objective again.
Gaming
The manager would berate the sales team in front of clients, and the best performers quietly left within a year.
Business
The director was known to berate actors between takes, and several refused to work with him again.
Movies
The senator used the hearing to berate the agency chief for an hour without asking a single real question.
Politics
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