brickbats

Example Sentences

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That 2,700-page doorstop, the fruit of 750 “editor-years,” was greeted with brickbats on its appearance in 1961.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

We can become cynical or angry and just throw brickbats.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Musk’s approach earned brickbats from people who think seriously, not whimsically, about the social and economic implications of concentrated wealth.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2021

Public referendums have become the civic brickbats of anti-Olympics activists.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2021

I looked around and saw several brickbats scattered about.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright