rebuke
IPA: ribjˈuk
noun
- (of a person) A harsh criticism.
verb
- (of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.
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Examples of "rebuke" in Sentences
- Mr. Broughton's comments drew a rebuke from the U.S.
- Bryson sniggered behind his data-pad drawing a sharp rebuke from the Captain.
- The decision attracted a stinging rebuke from the then equalities minister Harriet Harman.
- Their 2008 book, "The Sexual Person," just earned a rebuke from the U.S. bishops 'doctrine committee.
- To be suffered to go on in sin without a rebuke is a sad sign of alienation from God; such are bastards, not sons.
- A rebuke from the head of the DNC only reinforces the anti-establishment, party-line-bucking image that Manchin is seeking.
- One might say that such a rebuke is being made on literary rather than moral grounds, but do literary critics have a better idea of what a novelist's ambition ought to be than the novelist him/herself?
- In order to stop this type disrespect in Congress/House – open rebuke is needed and an open apology to the office of the president (if he can't bring himself to apologize to Obama) and his fellow lawmakers.
- His decision brought a rebuke from the conservative Judicial Confirmation Network (JCN), which slammed Graham's support "based upon his apparent willful blindness to her record, both on the bench and off, of indulging her own ethnic and gender biases, personal political views, and liberal agenda in the name of 'law.'"
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