Example Sentences

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Originally, Gandhi was excoriating Hindus who questioned Muslims’ loyalty to India.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2020

The source was excoriating about the legal profession, which helped set up tens of thousands of Mossack Fonseca-run shell companies.

From The Guardian • May 6, 2016

The same U.S. government that had bailed out General Motors and Chrysler just four months earlier was excoriating Toyota for falling short.

From Reuters • Feb. 9, 2010