beyond reproach

Idioms and Phrases

Blameless, faultless, as in Jean's conduct at school is beyond reproach . The phrase employs the verb to reproach in the sense of “censure or rebuke,” a usage dating from the early 1500s.

Example Sentences

She spoke with bitterness of the misdoings and shame of others, as if she were herself beyond reproach.

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She got into the hands of the police and was sent to prison, where her behaviour was beyond reproach.

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Cesare Orsi's character and disposition were alike beyond reproach—transparent and heroically optimistic.

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You must see, however, how entirely beyond reproach his general character appears to have been.

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Her style is beyond reproach and she has nothing whatever to learn in the mysteries of a woman's heart.

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