How to Use criticize in a Sentence

criticize

verb
Definition of criticizenext
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  • Zoom out: Off the stage, Trump supporters embraced what Democrats criticize them for.
    — Alexandria Sands, Axios, 25 July 2024
  • Trump has said that Netanyahu is rightfully criticized for Oct. 7.
    — Time Staff, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • Sotomayor was also criticized last year for having used court staff to encourage sales of her books at her public appearances.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
  • But he was also criticized by some Black Americans for sequestering himself from them.
    — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 9 June 2024
  • City council members did not immediately respond to inquiries about the mayor’s emergency order, but a council spokeswoman criticized the move.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
  • This isn’t the first time that Green Day has criticized Trump on stage.
    — Vulture, 1 Jan. 2024
  • It’s also been criticized by many hunters in the state.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
  • To be fair, Kelce did make some posts in the 2010s that have been criticized as fatphobic and ableist.
    — Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
  • At the end of the day, Elordi and Pattinson are more than welcome to criticize their own work.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2023
  • She has, in turn, been criticized for her tougher approach.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • Trump has been criticized before for his use of the Bible in public settings.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • This is a great lesson for young girls and women of all ages who can feel judged and criticized by others.
    — Dr. Katie Hurley, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The only way not to be criticized is just to be mediocre, never do anything.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • After the battle, the Black soldiers were withdrawn from action and criticized by the Army brass.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
  • Nixon says a number of times to his campaign aides, ‘Don't criticize Johnson.
    — Time, 1 Aug. 2023
  • People have to make those choices, and they can be criticized for those choices, right?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
  • One measure of the Houthis’ new power is that the proud Arab autocrats who hate them hardly dare to criticize them.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The video was criticized even by Republicans and it has been taken down.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 9 July 2023
  • Still, some fans criticized the decision not to place a content warning at the start of either episode.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The new policy was swiftly criticized by many within the GOP.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Her comments -- and those of her peers -- were criticized by some, including White House spokesman Andrew Bates.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Some fans criticized the casting of Ms. Jeffries, who is Black, as Annabeth.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan. 2024
  • In 2020, Trump was the incumbent and Biden the challenger, with the freedom to criticize his opponent's record without having to defend one of his own.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Over the years, The Bachelor franchise, which first rolled out in 2002, has been widely criticized for its lack of diversity of all kinds.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 July 2024
  • Some of the people who criticize others online are doing it because they’re stressed.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The right to criticize Israel for its actions is democratic, and not an antisemitic act.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • He was quoted in news reports and criticized by archive fans, and now has a post expressing regrets.
    — David Streitfeld, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • One of Musk’s many rivals is Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates—with the former criticizing the latter many times over the past few years.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The union has sharply criticized the hotels and filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The sad part is, Coco has been criticized for her parenting choices before.
    — Kristina Behr, Parents, 16 Jan. 2024

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