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Example sentences for "criticize"

Lexicographically close words:
criticised; criticises; criticising; criticism; criticisms; criticized; criticizes; criticizing; critick; criticks
  1. They criticize the vast appropriations for the navy and declare that America is starving her poor that she may more pompously parade the seas.

  2. We do not criticize Alexander for conquering the eastern perils, for he carried in his phalanxes the spirit of new-discovered thought.

  3. You criticize de Langeais a little, but you feel it would be a gorgeous thing to have that joyous spirit of his.

  4. He doesn't criticize any of his generals.

  5. Detailed criticism is not needed, for the details to criticize are not forthcoming, and the opinions on principles and on details of these imaginative writers are never twice the same.

  6. She desired to meet him for comparison's sake, and to criticize a popular hero.

  7. I don't remember all of them, but there was one bearing the genial invitation: Criticize and suggest for the improvement of our service.

  8. While I was in that hotel I had nothing to "criticize and suggest," but I have been in other hotels where, if such an invitation had been extended to me, I should have stuffed the box.

  9. It is prohibited to criticize unfavorably the Kuomintang and the Corps, or to plot against other members.

  10. Sun's American biographer wrote, Some criticize the San Min Chu I, because it seems to them severe and lofty.

  11. I'm a thorn in the flesh, Tom, and folks wouldn't criticize you none for doin' away with me.

  12. He neither criticized nor permitted others to criticize his team-mate, and, so far as that particular obligation went, Linton had repaid it with compound interest.

  13. But at that time Rome was so astonished to think that any one should criticize her that she lost breath.

  14. And I would not criticize this if Mrs. Eddy had but regarded Jesus as simply a great man in history and "God" as an abstract term referring to the Supreme Intelligence in Nature.

  15. Mr. Bent was presented with the freedom of the Republic, and we do not know that any one, except another citizen of it, or some near neighbour, could criticize his little book to much advantage.

  16. Our author, having expounded this doctrine with much precision, proceeds to criticize it with equal sagacity.

  17. Upon that point he must use his own judgment; but it was idle for a man like Mr. Napier to criticize the phrasing of a man like Macaulay, who had ten thousand times his reading.

  18. When some writers dared to openly criticize the government, however, Zhivkov was unable to tolerate this criticism and reimposed restrictions on the media.

  19. Although some critics felt that the new programs were more lively than their predecessors, others continued to criticize them for a "dearth of original thought, a laconic style, and a pompous tone.

  20. According to a refugee playwright from Bulgaria, "The journalist must praise the party, and government, and criticize the West.

  21. We criticize very freely each other; the members of one House criticize the proceedings of the other House; and we criticize the country, and the country criticizes us.

  22. This, also, is a mistake, although it is generally urged by those who seek occasion to criticize the war, and therefore it is in the nature of misrepresentation.

  23. If Senators are disposed to criticize it, or to offer amendments with a view to its improvement, let them do so.

  24. I do not even criticize the behavior toward the ministers, for I am hardened by an experience of many years and can stand it.

  25. Before we freely criticize them, we ought fully to understand them.

  26. Ignore or make light of his small failings, and when you must criticize a serious fault, do not dwell upon it.

  27. Allow no one to criticize him in your presence, and do not discuss his weaknesses with others.

  28. No one would venture to criticize Mr. Edmonds's treatment of the Greek text; his ingenious additions are a distinguished, scholarly achievement.

  29. Both have been kind enough to read and criticize the provisional draft, and Professor Seligman has supervised the revision at every stage.

  30. The theory defended here, with its sharp sundering of values and prices, will, of course, criticize the mixing of the two.

  31. The revival of arts and letters, which men call the Renaissance, was now at its height, and Europe was for the first time full of educated laymen who could criticize the Church from outside, and compare its teaching with its practice.

  32. He has no Parliament to criticize his actions, no public opinion before which he is bound to justify his every deed.

  33. He claimed that kings derived their right to rule from Heaven, not from any choice by their subjects; hence it was impious as well as disloyal to criticize or disobey the king's commands.

  34. So, I do not criticize your religious connections, dear, and nobody admires these ceremonials of your faith more heartily than I do.

  35. But Jurgen did not presume to criticize this, in the presence of Koshchei, who made things as they are.

  36. I should be the last person to criticize her, inasmuch as to me she has been more than generous.

  37. I am not competent to criticize your suggestions.

  38. Craig did not criticize the dawn man for being afraid.

  39. It is not for me to criticize my judges, the more so because I always felt that I was receiving more than justice at their hands.

  40. To criticize its style takes us no nearer its ultimate secret than piling up examples of bathos takes us to the secret of Wordsworth, or talking about maniacal construction and characterization takes us to the secret of Dostoevsky.

  41. One does not criticize Mr. Yeats for this.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "criticize" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.