lash out

Example Sentences

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Here are the terms they lashed out at, and why they find them so offensive.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now the secretary and her aide are lashing out at underlings for simply following their orders.

From Salon

Stephen Colbert lashed out at the Federal Communications Commission and his own network during his show Monday night after CBS scrapped an interview he had planned with a Texas politician.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rather than lashing out, Obama addressed the controversy in his trademark measured tone, framing the episode as part of a broader moral decline in American public life.

From Salon

He tried to explain that Pete was just lashing out because he was angry.

From Literature