Example Sentences
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Criticized by Yankee pacifists for resorting to violence, Clay replied, “how then can you ask me to go unarmed and yet manfully vindicate those doctrines which every where have been denounced with death?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Criticized on the social media platform X for the fire’s explosive growth, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office reiterated that the fire was not on state land.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2025
Criticized by scientists, the nationwide ban ignores vast differences in weather patterns, topography, and local expertise.
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2022
When the news site The City reported earlier this month that her appointment was imminent, its headline was: “Laurie Cumbo, Adams Supporter Criticized for Cultural Insensitivity, Set to Lead Cultural Affairs Agency.”
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022
Criticized as classical tragedy, the play of “Romeo and Juliet” is a veritable hotch-potch.
From Shakespeare in the Theatre by Poel, William
