The move was seen as a mild rebuke to his links with Jiang.

It seemed to me a mild rebuke compared to his treasonous conduct.

Administration officials expressed hope that the new policy would draw only a mild rebuke.

The President's mild rebuke brought Powers back to the issue.

The courts do no more than "give the police a mild rebuke for their conduct."

"Residual energy," she said, her tone one of mild rebuke.

But the Bush administration must resist the temptation to simply issue a mild rebuke and call for restraint - it needs to do more.

But the official Chinese response amounted to no more than mild rebuke for the enterprise.

They took the mild rebuke well, as he'd expected.

His mild rebuke did him no harm with the human girl.