censorious

Example Sentences

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And then there are “family values,” a whole range of social issues usually related to sexual behavior and typically expressed in censorious, moralizing terms.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

We are seeing a censorious instinct bubbling up in politicians alarmed by these developments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Perhaps to the dismay of the censorious, it is also instructional.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

He distorted emails and other exchanges to make them look coercive when they were nothing of the sort, cherry-picking and rearranging quotations to put them in a censorious light.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2024

The Verdun section of Montreal was in no sense a dressy neighborhood, and I was convinced that every passer-by was giving me a second, basically censorious look.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger