censure
noun
strong or vehement expression of disapproval.
had censured
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past perfectof censure.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By then, the Senate had censured McCarthy, and McCarthyism had collapsed.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2022
The Navy announced last year that it had censured three other admirals for ethics violations after an internal investigation determined that they had accepted gifts and luxurious meals from Francis without proper recompensation.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2016
Before the day was out various Commissioners had censured as "Sabbath-breakers" not only Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald but Their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of York.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not long before this time he had censured Barry's delay in entering upon his duties as Professor of painting.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by James Boswell
The French government, however, had censured the marshal's conduct.
From Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 by Sara Yorke Stevenson
