He had been Berated and ridiculed for not solving the mystery the night before, and he determined to be in at the death now.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
Iversen flushed, for he had Berated the young man for that particular fault on more than one occasion.
"Once a Greech"
Evelyn E. Smith
When he did so, she Berated him as heartless.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune