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Definition of finger-wagging in English: finger-waggingnoun mass nounThe action of reprimanding or warning someone. the government is unable to resist such finger-wagging as modifier a finger-wagging speech Example sentencesExamples - Let's have a bit of intelligent dialogue on this, not this finger wagging, contract making nonsense.
- But the complex set of circumstances I discovered cannot be explained by finger-wagging demands for a scapegoat.
- The finger-wagging from the sidelines doesn't help the debate that much.
- Mr Duncan Smith denied the report was adopting a " finger-wagging approach ".
- Finger wagging is something that I do just automatically.
- Away from the gazes of finger-wagging critics, the fashion chain reported a 32 % rise in interim profits to £ 55m.
- There will be no finger-wagging or guilty feelings to rectify with a New Year's resolution.
- The Supreme Court justice not taking too kindly to some verbal finger-wagging from the President.
- Ethics is about what is appropriate conduct and not just about right and wrong in the finger-wagging moral sense.
- Harvey, being the oldest member of our team, is given to much finger-wagging warnings.
- Mr Rob stood and made his way to their cell door, reaching through the bars he looked at Jill, his fingers wagging.
- In 20 years the huge hand-clapping anthems have changed into being quieter, finger-wagging, with more questions than answers.
- Mr. McCormack said the meeting with the ambassador was not a "finger wagging" session.
- The two have a finger-wagging exchange, possibly about whether this program is better than that one.
- It is vital to offer them these services without finger-wagging.
- Stories on hot-button topics like recreational drug use or sexually transmitted diseases would be written without an alarmist or finger-wagging tone.
- Many Australians considered Ranatunga's finger-wagging to be deeply offensive.
- Asking a student to weigh what swearing or deliberate indifference says about his or her character accomplishes more than moralistic finger-wagging.
- The British government is peculiarly unable to resist such finger-wagging.
- He warns us against dogmatic, finger - wagging religion in a dogmatic, finger-wagging way.
Definition of finger-wagging in US English: finger-waggingnoun The action of reprimanding or warning someone. the government is unable to resist such finger-wagging as modifier a finger-wagging speech Example sentencesExamples - In 20 years the huge hand-clapping anthems have changed into being quieter, finger-wagging, with more questions than answers.
- Let's have a bit of intelligent dialogue on this, not this finger wagging, contract making nonsense.
- But the complex set of circumstances I discovered cannot be explained by finger-wagging demands for a scapegoat.
- Mr. McCormack said the meeting with the ambassador was not a "finger wagging" session.
- There will be no finger-wagging or guilty feelings to rectify with a New Year's resolution.
- It is vital to offer them these services without finger-wagging.
- Stories on hot-button topics like recreational drug use or sexually transmitted diseases would be written without an alarmist or finger-wagging tone.
- The two have a finger-wagging exchange, possibly about whether this program is better than that one.
- Away from the gazes of finger-wagging critics, the fashion chain reported a 32 % rise in interim profits to £ 55m.
- Asking a student to weigh what swearing or deliberate indifference says about his or her character accomplishes more than moralistic finger-wagging.
- He warns us against dogmatic, finger - wagging religion in a dogmatic, finger-wagging way.
- The finger-wagging from the sidelines doesn't help the debate that much.
- Mr Duncan Smith denied the report was adopting a " finger-wagging approach ".
- Ethics is about what is appropriate conduct and not just about right and wrong in the finger-wagging moral sense.
- Harvey, being the oldest member of our team, is given to much finger-wagging warnings.
- Finger wagging is something that I do just automatically.
- Many Australians considered Ranatunga's finger-wagging to be deeply offensive.
- The British government is peculiarly unable to resist such finger-wagging.
- The Supreme Court justice not taking too kindly to some verbal finger-wagging from the President.
- Mr Rob stood and made his way to their cell door, reaching through the bars he looked at Jill, his fingers wagging.
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