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• Phrases such as officer-involved shooting are often criticized as examples of passive voice.From the entry passive voice
• The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.From the entry ambiguous
• The movie was criticized for its repetitive scenes and predictable plot.From the entry repetitive
• He dropped a real clanger when he criticized the paraplegic for not standing.From the entry clanger
• She spoke imprudently during the meeting, criticizing her boss without evidence.From the entry imprudently
• The speaker unduly criticized his opponent and later apologized for this.From the entry unduly
• No one dares (to) criticize his decisions.From the entry dare
• The passive voice is sometimes criticized for de-emphasizing the actor.From the entry passive voice
• Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand.From the entry again
• The brash private had the audacity to criticize the general.From the entry audacity
• The movie was criticized for its vacuous dialogue.From the entry vacuous
• He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized.From the entry dander
• Gilles Deleuze criticizes the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages, which he considers a perfect example of arborescent dualistic theory.From the entry arborescent
• The Star Spangled Banner has been criticized as too rangy for many people to sing along to comfortably.From the entry rangy
• The historian is criticized for being too Anglocentric.From the entry anglocentric
• That service was criticized for soft-deleting users' files without their knowledge, meaning they were still internally able to access everything.From the entry soft-delete
• In Hong Kong, proponents for universal suffrage criticize that the current electoral college responsible for electing the Chief Executive is undemocratic and unrepresentative in nature.From the entry electoral college
• Satirical literature can commonly be categorised as Horatian, Juvenalian or Menippean. Horatian satire playfully criticizes some social vice through gentle, mild, and light-hearted humour.From the entry Horatian
• One sure sign of indecency is criticizing foreigners constantly, but remaining silent about the problems within your own land, or by your own people, or both.From the entry indecency
• Trump’s approach, but most have done so taking pains not to criticize the president.2025 February 19, Robert Jimison, “As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry take pains
• Some social-media congregants had criticized the message as “tacky” and “flippant,” among other things.2023 March 8, Mark Leibovich, “Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Act”, in The Atlantic. From the entry congregant
• In this respect, the CYL defended the Little Pinks and attacked public intellectuals who criticized patriotic netizens.2020, Shaohua Guo, The Evolution of the Chinese Internet. From the entry little pink
• "The attack was on-brand for Trump, who has a well-earned reputation as a counterpuncher when criticized."2019 October 29, Morgan Chalfant, Brett Samuels, “Trump attacks on Vindman trigger backlash”, in The Hill. From the entry on-brand
• And third, it indicates humans’ increasing alienation from nature by criticizing their attempts to museify it.2017, Evi Zemanek, “Mocking the Anthropocene: Caricatures of Man-Made Landscapes in German Satirical Magazines from the Fin de Siècle”, in…. From the entry museify
• Each one claimed they were unjustly criticized, while claiming to have had Flint residents in mind.2016 March 15, Sara Ganim, “Congressman: ‘Sickening’ testimony in Flint hearing”, in CNN. From the entry flint
• A number of European governments publicly criticized France to the clear dismay of French leaders.2015, Ramesh Thakur, “The Nuclear Debate”, in Nuclear Weapons and International Security: Collected Essays, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York…. From the entry Eurodeterrent
• He asks us to “criticize the field of Jewish studies for both its antiquitarianism and conservatism.”2015, David A. Wacks, “1. Diaspora Studies for Sephardic Culture”, in Double Diaspora in Sephardic Literature: Jewish Cultural Production…. From the entry antiquitarianism
• To criticize strongly is to 'blast' or 'slam', and to investigate is to 'probe'.2013, Michael Higgins, Angela Smith, The Language of Journalism: A Multi-genre Perspective, page 71. From the entry relexicalize
• Though he defends the Canadian politics, he criticizes the pueblo exclusion of nonpueblos.2011, John Perry, The Pretenses of Loyalty, page 77. From the entry nonpueblo
• The PA and Arab governments criticized Sharon for planning to act without consulting them.2009, Rafael Medoff, Chaim I. Waxman, The A to Z of Zionism, →ISBN, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2023, page 64. From the entry pa
• In the past, the CAT bond market has been criticized for lack of investor interest.2009, J. David Cummins, Olivier Mahul, “CAT Bonds and Other Risk-Linked Securities: State of the Market and Recent Developments”, in…. From the entry data
• But other parents and some educators have criticized it as preprofessionalism run amok or a marketing gimmick.2007 August 16, Winnie Hu, “Forced to Pick a Major in High School”, in New York Times. From the entry preprofessionalism
• We tend to criticize those with wealth saying they are not deservant of it.2007, Mary LaSota, Harriet Sternberg, Hope, Help, Healing with Archangel Raphael and the Angels, page 72. From the entry deservant
• The next day's papers criticized the yobbery but there was very little about racism.2001, Ben Carrington, Ian McDonald, Race, Sport, and British Society. From the entry yobbery
• It has been sharply criticized for being the “less proportional method.”1999, Pietro Grilli di Cortona et al., Evaluation and Optimization of Electoral Systems, SIAM, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry D'Hondt method
• EST was widely criticized for sanctifying selfishness and for abrasive and traumatic training sessions.1995, Jonathan Z. Smith, editor, HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion, New York: HarperSanFrancisco, →ISBN, pages 343, 365, 795. From the entry Scientology
• African teachers were not permitted to criticize the government or any school authority.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 195. From the entry baasskap

Meaning of criticize

1. verb To find fault (with something).
2. verb To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

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Questions about criticize in a sentence

How do you use criticize in a sentence?

Criticize is used as a verb. For example: “They criticized him for endangering people's lives.”

What is a short sentence with criticize?

“No one dares (to) criticize his decisions.”

What does criticize mean?

Criticize means to find fault (with something).