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How to use critic in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Critic means a person who appraises the works of others. Example: “Following its publication, the novel received widespread acclaim from literary critics.”

Examples of critic by meaning

nounA person who appraises the works of others.

  • Following its publication, the novel received widespread acclaim from literary critics.

More sentences with critic

  • While holding an avail yesterday, the candidate lashed out at critics.From the entry avail
  • Critics of contemporary culture generally posit a steep decline in cultural literacy.From the entry cultural literacy
  • Her first novel was well and truly lambasted by the critics.From the entry lambaste
  • The critics were absurdly extravagant with their praise.From the entry absurdly
  • The play was slated by the critics.From the entry slate
  • The music critic loves the instrumentation of the song so much that he can forgive the confusing lyrics.From the entry forgive
  • Critics dismissed the book as academic stodge.From the entry stodge
  • The movie has received mixed reviews from movie critics.From the entry mixed
  • The critic delivered another evisceration of the latest movie.From the entry evisceration
  • Critics accused the organization of religious indoctrination.From the entry indoctrination
  • Critics slammed the new film, calling it violent and meaningless.From the entry slam
  • The critic reviews every new play in London.From the entry review
  • Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.From the entry cinema
  • Critics reprehended the company for its unethical practices.From the entry reprehend
  • Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.From the entry garner
  • The luridness of the author's descriptions turned off the critics.From the entry luridness
  • The director's films had received pannings from critics.From the entry panning
  • The critic described the character’s smile as darkly maleficent.From the entry maleficent
  • The critics were blown away by their latest album.From the entry blow away
  • Critics have derided the works of Walter Scott as tushery.From the entry tushery
  • Critics argued that the nation's complete elimination of corporate regulations had plunged it into an era of ultracapitalism.From the entry ultracapitalism
  • The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.From the entry adapter
  • The film was heralded by critics.From the entry herald
  • The critic gave a pungent review.From the entry pungent
  • No critic is exempted from countercriticism.From the entry countercriticism
  • Some come from critics whose views are treated as ex cathedra.2026 January 31, Janan Ganesh, “The Hamnet wars”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry ex cathedra
  • Trump in ways that, to critics, raise the specter of authoritarianism.2025 February 25, Linda Feldmann, “How Trump skirts checks and balances unlike any modern-day US president”, in The Christian Science…. From the entry specter
  • Critics, including many veterans of the diplomatic corps, have been alarmed by Mr.2025 February 19, Ken Bensinger, Michael M. Grynbaum, “Right-Wing Media Praises U.S.-Russia Talks as ‘Breath of Fresh Air’”, in The New…. From the entry rapprochement
  • Critics argue that chatbots can be dangerous because—just like social media—they are engineered to suck us in.2025 December 11, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo, “The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year”, in Time. From the entry suck in
  • Despite the DOJ's findings, skepticism persists among some of Trump's supporters and critics.2025 July 11, Jesus Mesa and Gabe Whisnant, “Steve Bannon Issues Midterm Warning to Republicans Over Epstein Files”, in Newsweek. From the entry black-pilled
  • This collusion with the forces of corporate oppression neuters the press, Trump's critics and the Democratic Party.2024 July 14, Chris Hedges, “My Thoughts On the Attempted Trump Assassination”, in The Chris Hedges Report. From the entry neuter
  • YouTube has become one of the centers for fan critics to share their evaluations of anime works.2023 October, Kaz Hayashi, William H. U. Anderson, editors, Anime, Philosophy and Religion, Vernon Art and Science, page 51. From the entry anituber
  • Art critic Ben Lewis agrees: “It’s artwashing – it launders oligarchs’ reputations.2022 March 17, Oliver Basciano, quoting Ben Lewis, “‘It’s artwashing’: can galleries wean themselves off Russian oligarch loot?”, in The…. From the entry artwashing
  • It’s “on the Mount Rushmore of GIFs,” says TV critic Sarah D.2021 May 1, Constance Grady, quoting Sarah D. Bunting, “The Day Dawson Cried”, in Vox. From the entry Mount Rushmore
  • Critics say that has come at the expense of history and the city’s Black population.2020 August 12, Tariro Mzezewa, Kim Severson, “Charleston Tourism Is Built on Southern Charm. Locals Say It’s Time to Change.”, in New…. From the entry gentility
  • Many of TST's critics did frame the issue in terms of purity and contamination.2020, Joseph P. Laycock, Speak of the Devil, page 74. From the entry purity spiral
  • To correct helicopter parenting, critics have proposed slow parenting, simplicity parenting, and free-range parenting.2019, Gayle Kimball, How Global Youth Values Will Change Our Future, page 95. From the entry free-range
  • Critics of the city’s government say officials want to avoid building more.2019 July 22, Alexandra Stevenson, Jin Wu, “Tiny Apartments and Punishing Work Hours: The Economic Roots of Hong Kong’s Protests”, in The…. From the entry Cheung Sha Wan
  • In near-universal rejection of his cold-heartedness, James’ critics responded with a full-throated, Greta Thunbergian “How dare you!”2019 October 24, Fraser P. Seitel, “LeBron and the limits of social responsibility”, in O’Dwyer’s, volume 33, number 7, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry Greta Thunbergian

Meaning of critic

  1. noun A person who appraises the works of others.
  2. noun A specialist in judging works of art.
  3. noun One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.

Full definition of critic

Questions about critic in a sentence

How do you use critic in a sentence?
Critic is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Following its publication, the novel received widespread acclaim from literary critics.”
What is a short sentence with critic?
“No critic is exempted from countercriticism.”
What does critic mean?
Critic means a person who appraises the works of others.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: critic (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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