- present participle of criticize.
criticizing
Example Sentences
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Criticizing the news media for giving Mr. Trump a platform is out.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2023
Criticizing such protest, Scholz had called on the activists to instead show “a bit of creativity.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2022
Criticizing abundance seems to make you edgy, but it’s a little like criticizing elitism or moral relativism.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2018
Criticizing The Times for publishing it to begin with, he also called it "sad."
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2018
"Jitterbug dancing. Verboten. Reading un-German books. Singing un-German songs. Staying out past the ten o'clock curfew. Criticizing Adolf Hitler or the war. Verboten. Verboten. Verboten."
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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