CRITIC in a Sentence

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During this performance, the hermit demeaned himself much like a first-rate critic of the present day at a new opera.

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 Meanings and Examples of CRITIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
critic
 n.  anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
 n.  someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
Classic Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1  Any remark, the most insignificant, that showed that the critic saw even the tiniest part of what he saw in the picture, agitated him to the depths of his soul.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 10
2  The critic had undoubtedly put an interpretation upon the book which could not possibly be put on it.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 1
3  Now, as I had no theory of any kind, don't believe in Spiritualism, and copied my characters from life, I don't see how this critic can be right.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
4  During this performance, the hermit demeaned himself much like a first-rate critic of the present day at a new opera.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  You're a dangerous gentleman; you're such a critic.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  Miss Bart's immediate answer was to address a critical glance to the reflection of the countenance under discussion.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
7  When she was most ardently singing hymns or planning deviltry she yet seemed gently aloof and critical.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  I need young critical things like you to punch me up.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  But at this critical instant a sudden exclamation was heard that took every eye from the whale.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.
10  But this critical act is not always unattended with the saddest and most fatal casualties.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 63. The Crotch.
11  This was a critical time in Jurgis' life, and if he had been a weaker man he would have gone the way the rest did.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
12  Each moment, however, pressed upon him a conviction of the critical situation in which he had suffered his invaluable trust to be involved through his own confidence.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
13  Further words were unnecessary; for Hawkeye, merely uttering the mandate to "follow," moved along the route by which they had just entered their present critical and even dangerous situation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
14  Breathless with amazement, and heavily oppressed with the critical situation of his friend, Heyward recoiled before the look, trembling lest its meaning might, in some unknown manner, hasten the prisoner's fate.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
15  Frequently over this tumult could be heard the grim jokes of the critical veterans; but the retreating men apparently were not even conscious of the presence of an audience.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Despite his great commercial success he still yearns for critical approval.
17  He remains in a critical condition in a California hospital.
18  The boy's condition has been downgraded from critical to serious.
19  He was taken off the critical list and is now in a stable condition.
20  He was in a critical condition, fighting for his life in hospital.
21  The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with.
22  The supervisor is always very critical.
23  Greg's tendency to be critical made him unpopular with his co-workers.
24  Despite the critical acclaim, the novel did not sell well.
25  Tom's parents were highly critical of the school.
26  This courageous and subversive movie has attracted widespread critical support.
27  Many economists are critical of the government's economic policies.
28  He is very temperamental and critical.
29  Some parents were critical of attempts to indoctrinate children in green ideology.
30  She has written a major critical appraisal/study of Saul Bellow's novels.