scathing
Example Sentences
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As you’d expect, his Democratic opponent, state Rep. Jon Rosenthal, was scathing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
If you relish reading a critic pan a bad movie, then you’ll love Laura Miller’s scathing review of The Whisper Man, a ridiculous new thriller starring Robert De Niro and Michael Keaton.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Wilson -- behind an acclaimed translation which Nolan has praised -- generated headlines this week after penning a scathing critique of his screenplay.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Emily Wilson, the academic whose 2017 translation of Homer's Odyssey was cited by the director as an influence on his adaptation of the poem, has written a scathing review of the movie.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
This was a scathing criticism for a man who had just traveled three thousand miles to attend an abolitionist convention.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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