- present participle of lambaste.
lambasting
Example Sentences
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Pelley’s dismissal came Tuesday, one day after a staff meeting in which the correspondent interrupted Bilton’s remarks, questioning the new boss’s qualifications and lambasting Weiss’s leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
This judge had complete command of her courtroom and had no qualms about lambasting anyone who ran afoul of the rules.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Houston coach Ime Udoka was fined $25,000 by the NBA earlier this week after lambasting the officiating in the Rockets' 128-125 defeat to Denver on Monday.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
More than 100 one-star reviews were left on her business’ Yelp page this week, with reviewers lambasting her remarks at the gala.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
Among the letters lambasting McCandless, virtually all those I received mentioned his misidentification of the caribou as proof that he didn’t know the first thing about surviving in the back- country.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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