Example Sentences
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Emilia, by contrast, is a strikingly modern figure in her cynical assessments of the hypocrisy of a culture that will deride women for sexual behavior that wouldn’t be censured in men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 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
The ombudsman said the comments "brought the council into disrepute" but, on Friday, the council's standards committee said Williams would be be censured, but not suspended.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
The Senate investigators didn’t agree; the committee censured the police superintendent.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
