(p. pr. & vb. n.) To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
(p. pr. & vb. n.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
(v. i.) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
(v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
(n.) A continuous noise or murmur.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was also chided for failing to roll out a 2011 pilot scheme to put doors on fridges in its stores.
(2) 'We need deeds, not words': bombs fall on Aleppo as MPs debate Syria Read more He also chided the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, for calling for demonstrations outside the Russian embassy in London , saying it was necessary to be mindful of the welfare of diplomatic staff in Britain’s Moscow embassy.
(3) Even critical outlets end up promoting the Kremlin’s line by reporting what is essentially non-news Whenever RIA would quote Navalny’s statements in its campaign news reports, as any normal news outlet would do when covering a political campaign, Putin’s deputy chief of staff Alexei Gromov would call the agency’s editor in chief, Svetlana Mironyuk, and chide her.
(4) The MPs also chided the health secretary, Andrew Lansley , for peddling a price tag for his white paper proposals that was produced for the last government: "It is unhelpful for the government to continue to cite the £1.7bn figure, as it does not relate to specific proposals."
(5) Joe Grice, chief economist at the UK's Office for National Statistics, is always chiding journalists for not loooking at the long term trend in GDP data, and maybe we need to take the same healthy scepticism to today's figures from Japan 9.03am BST Telecoms giants enter tariff battle Bloomberg is reporting that Nokia and Ericsson have told the EU to drop a probe into unfair subsidies for Chinese phone makers.
(6) Iran's president strongly chided the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday, saying it was discrediting itself by siding with "absurd" US accusations.
(7) They say she is doing debate prep, but she is just resting.” He also chided Clinton for saying he had entered her personal space on the debate stage in St Louis last Sunday.
(8) Ali responded to the gentle chiding, and appreciated room in which to move verbally.
(9) Over the past two days Obama has been gently chiding Europe to do more in Afghanistan on the basis that he has recalibrated his Afghan strategy to put more emphasis on civilian reconstruction and the drawing in of key regional players, such as Iran and Pakistan.
(10) When I went there I was surprised to see all these overweight people on the streets – but when I came back home, McDonald’s was everywhere and there were all these bigger people on our own streets.” As we chatted, she chided her partner for his fondness for fried food and huge portions, then confided that the worst aspect of the change in her homeland was seeing so many overweight children.
(11) Even on foreign policy, the central issue upon which Republicans have attacked Obama and Clinton, as his former secretary of state, she chided her critics for lacking a coherent plan of their own.
(12) Another chided her: 'I just want to tell you how uneducated and stupid you came off.
(13) As Barbara Castle once chided her old pal, Michael Foot, he’s “grown soft on a diet of soft options,” not quite a pacifist (so he says) but opposed to passing wars and the legitimacy of force in a harsh world.
(14) Giving evidence, Murdoch chided Dinsmore for going "a little too far in his enthusiasm".
(15) As well as chiding the chancellor, Balls was critical of Moody's, and warned it was important not get carried away with what it or other ratings agencies said.
(16) The UK, in a statement to the conference, confirmed its unerring commitment to the ATT, and chided those who might criticise treaty violators because “this could deter others joining”.
(17) Then he chides her: "There is a danger of which I would ... warn you.
(18) Prickly, protective of her private life and not averse to calling journalists to chide them for what she claims are errors – such as reporting that Hollande dyed his hair – Trierweiler has been dubbed "Tweetweiler" for tweeting her disapproval whenever she feels wronged by the media.
(19) That was the main theme of my MacTaggart lecture last year in Edinburgh, in which I chided the government’s consistent running down of the BBC.
(20) As archbishop of Buenos Aires, the man who was still known then as Jorge Bergoglio – the son of Italian immigrants – once chided a church full of politicians for being corrupt and not doing enough for the poor.
Chime
Definition:
(n.) See Chine, n., 3.
(n.) The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
(n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
(n.) Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
(n.) To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
(n.) To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
(n.) To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.
(n.) To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
(v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
(v. i.) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
Example Sentences:
(1) 7.46am BST Thanks for all the comments on the blog this week - terrific how you are chiming in.
(2) They need tents very badly,” said Kempo Chimed Tsering.
(3) But one reason is that they chime with those of a powerful section of the political and security establishment.
(4) Because her achievements chime with bigger narratives.
(5) The software is very new.” The car will chime to remind drivers to put their hands back on the wheel, but that hasn’t stopped people experimenting – with hair-raising effects.
(6) Martin pantomimes the motion, holing up his fingers dramatically, and Malhotra chimes in with a “ding!” when the phantom bullet falls.
(7) Clegg's words chime with a strategy of highlighting differences with the Tories as the election approaches.
(8) Many of the causes backed by the brothers clearly chime with their own self-interests.
(9) He also said it was up to politicians to dismiss the 'lightweight sloganeering of PR men', an apparent reference to the way in which cabinet ministers are asked to chime in with the government over its implementation of a long-term economic plan.
(10) Two thirds of the 415 million people around the world who have type 2 diabetes live in cities That chimes with an important study published by Toronto Public Health, which looked into the increasing incidence of mental health problems and suicides in the city’s population.
(11) The government’s upcoming National Innovation Plan needs to address this vital issue.” Month-on-month figures showed a slight improvement in activity, chiming with official data that shows a recent upturn in manufacturing output.
(12) This is a very big project for me and my family.” But his reflections on what he has seen so far chime with Bravo’s concern about an absence of Darwinism in Qatari football.
(13) She is intrigued by the way houses either chime with you or don't.
(14) I am very happy to have this particular candidate chime in, I really am,” he said.
(15) The dip from 48,300 in July to 47,400 last month was the fourth fall in a row and chimed with other recent evidence that demand for property has weakened since the start of 2010.
(16) If any of this chimes with your general view of what's wrong with the world, it's fair to say that you'd like her.
(17) The allegations are potentially damaging because they appear, superficially at least, to chime with previous claims about Mrs Netanyahu's temper and concern with cleanliness.
(18) The negative outlook chimes with other surveys that reveal a dramatic slump in sentiment since the summer.
(19) Fellow goalkeeper Tim Howard chimed in after the first US practice on the field to note that the grass comes in trays and that it “kind of jells together” to create “spots on the field that may tear up easily.” Clint Dempsey was fairly sanguine though — noting that while the ball may not bounce as much on this surface, that with the field being watered well “the ball will be moving quickly —which is important — and rolling true.” Let’s hope that the turf becomes a footnote in the game.
(20) If you were in New York – and this chimes well with what I remember from my own youth in the city – the average worker thought it was a pain in the neck to live in this fairly dangerous city.