criticize
verb (used with object)
to censure or find fault with.
criticized
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past participleof criticize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof criticize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
criticizeverb (used with object)to censure or find fault with.
Example Sentences
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Stewart was also divorced by the time her empire was at its peak — and people also criticized her, for different reasons.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Sean Garcia-Leys, executive director of the Peace & Justice Law Center who was acting as a spokesman for Alvarez, criticized Essayli’s decision to bring the charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The general audience doesn’t seem to care who’s announced as the host — unless it’s someone they’ve openly criticized.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Late yesterday, the company’s CEO Adam Aron criticized on the social-media platform X Robinhood’s stock tokens, or tokenized contracts that follow the price of stocks like AMC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Earlier that year Joseph Glanvill published his The Vanity of Dogmatizing, in which he criticized Hobbes but praised Digby, in the process taking over his use of the phrase ‘matter of fact’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
