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 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 by her coach moments after a crushing collapse in her free skate, the heavy favorite in the women’s program had an emotional breakdown when it was revealed she’d finished fourth.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2022
Criticized, refuted, repudiated and demolished by specialists, it nevertheless exerts its influences and retains its mysterious vitality.
From The Pivot of Civilization by Sanger, Margaret
