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How to use reproach in a sentence

21 example sentences · noun, verb

Reproach means a mild rebuke, or an implied criticism. Example: “His personal conduct is above reproach.”

More sentences with reproach

  • His personal conduct is above reproach.From the entry personal conduct
  • She never reproached me with her mouth, not once, but she reproached me with her eyes.2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 791. From the entry reproached
  • She spoke very gently, full of compassion for the boy, velveting her reproach for me.2006, Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale. From the entry velvet
  • A pamphlet, widely distributed a bit later in all Europe, reproaches him severely for 'turbanizing' France.2006, Michèle Longino, Orientalism in French Classical Drama, →ISBN, page 254. From the entry turbanize
  • Eusebios was strongly reproached by a certain Ammianos for failing in his duty to his neighbour (4.4).1996, John Wortley, “Notes on the texts”, in The Spiritually Beneficial Tales of Paul of Monembasia and of Other Authors (Cistercian…. From the entry Eusebios
  • His olden courage is without reproach; Albeit his temper trends toward gaingiving!1904, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon. From the entry gaingiving
  • Each of them reproached the other one for maintaining wrong ideas about God's attributes of action, in particular existentiation (takwīn).2016, Sabine Schmidtke, The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology, page 291. From the entry existentiation
  • Many of his choicest years of life were employ'd in wrangling, and receiving and racquetting back reproach, accusation and sarcasm.2011, Robert Graves, Wife to Mr Milton, →ISBN. From the entry racquet
  • Are you justified to reproach him in public even if he hasn't crossed any incondonable limit, just committed a petty folly?2010, Quleen Kaur Bijral, Ripples Of Mind, lulu.com, page 30. From the entry incondonable
  • He concluded by writing that ‘Hillsong is the most integrous church in the country, and its leadership is above reproach’.2007, Tanya Levin, People in Glass Houses: An Insider’s Story of a Life in and Out of Hillsong, Black Inc., →ISBN, pages 266–267, →ISBN. From the entry integrous
  • They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl. From the entry sordid
  • On a wider understanding, you might do something impermissible, but fail to have reason to reproach yourself because of a good excuse.2011, Russ Shafer-Landau, Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 6…. From the entry reproachment
  • Not terribly conflicted by the part she must play, she seems beyond reproach, as effective and inscrutable in battle as she is as a gobernadora.2007 January 14, Maggie Galehouse, “Conquer and Convert”, in New York Times. From the entry gobernadora
  • This is a Dostojevskian thought and the reproach against the sleeping God has the same intensity as Ivan’s accusation against God in Brat’ja Karamazovy.1987, Peter Alberg Jensen, Text and Context: Essays to Honor Nils Åke Nilsson, Almqvist & Wiksell International, →ISBN, page 92. From the entry Dostojevskian
  • The word modern was a term of reproach used by patristic humanists against the medieval schoolmen who developed the new logic and physics.1962, Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy, Canada: University of Toronto Press, page 80. From the entry patristic
  • By the last two periods of the corpus, indeed, craindre deveolps a reprehensive interpretation, arising with certain specific contextual factors to yield a flavor of reproach (or apology).2021, Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2018, page 300. From the entry reprehensive
  • On a narrow understanding, you might have most reason to reproach yourself for locking your keys in the car even though doing so is entirely permissible.2011, Russ Shafer-Landau, Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 6…. From the entry reproachment
  • The slightest hint of smugness would have had the nation leaning over our shoulders to blow out the birthday candles with a gale of reproach and disapproval.1972, International Association of Seed Crushers, Congress [proceedings]. From the entry gale
  • But a tone of love was felt in the badchon's reproach, the challenge of a friend, of a friend, of a true son of his people.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 438. From the entry badchanus
  • According to Aristotle, Thales was reproached with his personal poverty as clear evidence that his philosophy was of no use: 'Thales, if you're so smart, how come you ain't rich?"2014, Herman E. Daly, From Uneconomic Growth to a Steady-State Economy, →ISBN, page 99. From the entry chrematist
  • Bellmark put the soily tin down on Elsie's best table-cover without eliciting a word of reproach, grasped it firmly with his left hand, and worked the opener round the top.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry soily

Meaning of reproach

  1. noun A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
  2. noun Disgrace or shame.
  3. noun An object of scorn.

Full definition of reproach

Questions about reproach in a sentence

How do you use reproach in a sentence?
Reproach is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His personal conduct is above reproach.”
What is a short sentence with reproach?
“His personal conduct is above reproach.”
What does reproach mean?
Reproach means a mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.

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