Example Sentences
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These censured the king and his ministers with remarkable brazenness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
It could also ask for him to be formally censured at a future council meeting.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
It’s infrequent that a judge is publicly or privately censured.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
McCarthyism is remembered so well because it was finally extinguished by the mainstream: Congress censured McCarthy, and Eisenhower criticized him.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025
“That’s your own fault,” Milo censured them both self- righteously.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
