Example Sentences

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Now, Warsh will find himself on the inside again, working with the people he’s excoriated.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

He has excoriated federal officials for erroneously linking vaccines to autism, warning that the administration is endangering the lives of infants and young children in scaling back childhood vaccine recommendations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

If he acted too much like royalty, he’d get spanked by his peers and excoriated by anti-Federalist newspapers.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

For LGB dissenters, many of whom grew up closeted and relied on acceptance among their peers, being excoriated by their gay and lesbian communities is particularly painful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

A few scientists had challenged Meggers’s ideas; Roosevelt excoriated them from top to bottom.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann