decry

Example Sentences

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Lemon has denied participating in the protest at the church — assembled to decry that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field officer apparently serves as a pastor there — saying he was present in a journalistic capacity.

From Los Angeles Times

For Allen, after years of street protests decrying the killings of Philando Castile and George Floyd, he’s already writing for his Nur-D project, documenting this perilous, invigorating moment of resisting ICE in his city.

From Los Angeles Times

Civil society and environmental groups led by local NGO Justica Ambiental have decried a "gas rush" as a "climate bomb" in a country considered extremely vulnerable to climate change.

From Barron's

"Really, it's culture," he said, decrying too many layers of management.

From Barron's

Water quality should be "maintained and not decried" and biodiversity "improved", he adds.

From BBC