denounce
verb (used with object)
to condemn or censure openly or publicly.
is denouncing
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present progressiveof denounce (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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What most Asian Americans leaders seem to publicly agree on is denouncing the impulse to view the crimes as a Black-on-Asian pattern.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2022
Harrell is denouncing the commercial as insulting and misleading, while González is saying voters should know about the information.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Now a former spokesman for the Democratic National Committee — and Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign — is denouncing that rhetoric,” notes Graham Vyse, a columnist for InsideSources.com.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 8, 2015
The coalition backing the amendment, Vote FOR Marriage NC, is denouncing this scare campaign.
From Slate ● May 8, 2012
While he is denouncing and railing, the trial is imposed upon her to make the best of him, and control herself, as much as a witty woman, eagerly courted, can do.
From An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit by Meredith, George
