pillory
noun
a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
pillorying
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present participleof pillory.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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That didn’t stop the Energy Department from pillorying the findings.
From Salon ● May 6, 2025
Yet, productions including “Real Friends” and the 2022 Billy Eichner film “Bros” did just that and arguably received a heavier pillorying than all three of those previous works.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Emanuel wanted to turn quickly to an overhaul of Wall Street laws, with congressional hearings pillorying rich bankers who had sunk the economy with bad trades.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
Wilder may or may not have been aware of this pillorying when he produced his own whys-and-wherefores.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2020
The condemnation of divorce and the pillorying of divorced persons are not really the outcome of any concern for true morality, though most people deceive themselves that they are.
From The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
