excoriation
Example Sentences
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Since then, he has devoted his energies to a public excoriation of senior military figures that would have once been unthinkable.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023
“Thrust” is the culmination of everything she has been writing toward, a blistering excoriation of power structures that also honors the resilience of those who fight back.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2022
But hauling Mr. Zuckerberg to the Hill for excoriation isn’t enough.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2021
It was the toxic lens through which society was celebrating her while persecuting her that I despised, even if I was participating in the excoriation.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2021
Howard, uncomfortable with Smith’s excoriation of Workman, made a point of praising the jockey to reporters.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing excoriation
Seabiscuit
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation (Volume 2)
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"The Candle and the Flame" by Nafiza Azad, Chapters 17–27
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