had censured
- past perfect of censure.
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
He had censured her for deserting Jules Sandeau, but afterwards had the deepest compassion for her, as he too had found him to be a most ungrateful friend.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm
In the Deane controversy, Paine had censured him and other members of Congress for utilizing that agent of the United States to transact their commercial business in Europe.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel
