“He had more expected a sharp rebuke for sleeping late, maybe even a none-too-gentle reminder in the form of a hand to his backside.”

“In this case, the rich girl would be right to assume that the critic is below the rebuker in life.”

“Besides, why should the rebuker care about someone's else sin.”

“Venus is more outwardly passionate' the encourager' the rebuker.”

“We love not the rebukers of our sins, or the opposers of our pleasures.”

“And it delivered not one but two stern rebukes to states over what justices considered unfair procedures for sentencing people to death.”

“Ahern has delivered several sharp rebukes to his parliamentary party recently.”

“Under the guise of political virtue, it scolds, berates, rebukes, criticizes, and has a high old time doing it.”