brickbat

Example Sentences

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When MLB got to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the same court where the NFL is heading now, baseball got another brickbat over the head.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2015

There is one more bouquet to deliver from the weekend, although it won't be popular, so it comes with a bit of a brickbat.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2013

Ms. Millit, who physically resembles Carol Burnett, is an operatically trained singer, but her shrill, brassy rendition of “My One and Only Love” on Monday evening hammered it with a brickbat.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2011

Lydon has lobbed many a brickbat at McLaren over the years, but when asked about the death of his one-time manager, he gets serious.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2010

It set Tom to thinking; he said afterwards the spectacle was enough to make a brickbat wake up and think.

From All He Knew A Story by Habberton, John