reproach
Example Sentences
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If they want to project an image of being a force for good, supporting worthwhile causes, then they need their financial affairs to reflect that and seem above reproach.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“In fact, following our efforts, our state-of-the-art compliance program has been repeatedly acknowledged as impressive and above reproach by outside parties.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
The teacher is clearly uncomfortable but doesn't feel empowered to stop or reproach Elizabeth.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2023
But when I tell this to Binoche, she flashes me a playful reproach indicating that this is not quite true.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023
Gabriel knew that when he entered she would not ask him where he had been; she would not reproach him; and her eyes, even when she closed her lids to sleep, would follow him everywhere.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing reproach
Metamorphosis
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Grade 10, List 6
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