animadvert on

Example Sentences

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I disdained to animadvert on these defects, naturally supposing that his house could furnish no better.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

Replying to an extremely dear reader: Whenever we animadvert on the human race we include ourself.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

I was at liberty to animadvert on the visible part of their intercourse.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

It is with concern that I find myself obliged to animadvert on the inaccuracies of Mrs. Piozzi's Anecdotes, and perhaps I may be thought to have dwelt too long upon her little collection.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James

There is always plenty of room for severe animadversion, and the harpies of the Courts are always upon the look-out, to pounce upon and make victims of those who venture to animadvert on them.

From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 by Hunt, Henry