detractors

Example Sentences

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Mr. Bayliss seldom passes judgment on the Spartans and notes that, in recent centuries, they have had both admirers and detractors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

However, detractors argue it could permanently drive out the state’s top earners—and the critical millions of dollars they pay in taxes annually.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

I’d spent my youth defending “The Devil Wears Prada” with my life, trying to convince detractors weaponizing the words “chick flick” about its brilliance since the wise, old age of 12.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

"His many detractors should grant that his comments late Saturday at a White House press briefing hit the right notes of gratitude and comity," a Wall Street Journal editorial observed.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Articles accused their detractors of basing comments on brief medical bulletins and newspaper reports, hardly enough to make a diagnosis.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow