criticizing

Example Sentences

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Some Venice residents loudly objected to building what they labeled the “monster on the median,” criticizing the project’s scale, cost and potential negative effects on traffic and safety.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Millions of Americans lose their jobs every year because of corporate decisions, and most of them don’t provoke it by criticizing their employer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I am not alone in criticizing the so-called jubilee on the National Mall.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

There’s so much decorum among judges, this infamous brotherhood of the robe, that keeps them from directly criticizing one another.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

“Patria Mercedes, you should be the first one to know . . .” We kept our sentences incomplete whenever we were criticizing the government inside the house.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez