censuring

Example Sentences

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“If it takes collective action…it does so at the price of censuring any minority who do not agree with the view adopted.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

“It’s just a document. OK, you’re censuring me. Great.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

But make no mistake about its significance: Parliament censuring a man who was prime minister as recently as September in the strongest possible terms.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

For decades after, Congress reconvened only intermittently to take pressing post-election actions, like censuring Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 and impeaching President Bill Clinton in 1998, or to resolve particular legislative debates.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

“I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen