CRITICISM in a Sentence

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364 example sentences for CRITICISM, such as:

1. The minister received some harsh criticism.
2. Most of the criticism has been pretty tame.
3. Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
4. We want to switch the focus away from criticism.
5. Both policies attracted sharp Republican criticism.

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 Meanings and Examples of CRITICISM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
criticism
 n.  expression of disapproval of someone or something
Classic Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1  From the beginning of the discussion he had instinctively avoided the mention of Mattie's name, fearing he hardly knew what: criticism, complaints, or vague allusions to the imminent probability of her marrying.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  It annoyed her because it seemed foolish and also because some of the harsh criticism directed at him fell on her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  That subject was taboo, but strained nerves found expression in loud criticism of the General.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  But all the previous criticism of her conduct was as nothing compared with the buzz of gossip that now went through the town.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  Peter's criticism hurt worse than anything Frank or Aunt Pitty or the neighbors had said and it so annoyed her she longed to shake the old darky until his toothless gums clapped together.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
6  It was characteristic of the regard in which Scarlett was held that few people based their defense or their criticism of her on her personal integrity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
7  At first she looked hurt at his last words, as though they implied criticism of Ashley, but he smiled so understandingly she smiled back.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
8  "I beg your pardon," said Lily, intending by her politeness to convey a criticism of the other's manner.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
9  But now she had grown more sensitive to criticism and less confident in her power of disarming it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
10  The sense of being once more lapped and folded in ease, as in some dense mild medium impenetrable to discomfort, effectually stilled the faintest note of criticism.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
11  She knew she was an object of criticism and amusement to the other work-women.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
12  He was grumbling, "The whole thing's right in line with the criticism you've always been making."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  The criticism that has hitherto met Mr. Washington has not always been of this broad character.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
14  But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
15  Thus, by national opinion, the Negroes began to recognize Mr. Washington's leadership; and the voice of criticism was hushed.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  We want to switch the focus away from criticism.
17  Foley has been particularly vocal in his criticism of the government.
18  The political subtext of her novel is a criticism of government interference in individual lives.
19  In a sense, the very institution of literary criticism is concrete testimony of this assumption.
20  My main criticism of the scheme is that it does nothing to help families on low incomes.
21  Almost all the recent criticism from the mass media is directed at the ever increasing rate of unemployment.
22  This policy had repeatedly come under strong criticism on Capitol Hill.
23  Most of the criticism has been pretty tame.
24  His comments were misinterpreted as a criticism of the project.
25  Poor blacks dislike the Republican attack on welfare; rich blacks resent the Republican criticism of affirmative action.
26  Both policies attracted sharp Republican criticism.
27  The minister received some harsh criticism.
28  Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
29  In rugby circles, there is nothing but criticism for the coverage of sport on terrestrial TV.
30  The government's economic strategy has attracted a lot of criticism.