detractors

Example Sentences

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Low-cost airlines have plenty of detractors, including United Airlines’

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Cronenberg, who directed “Scanners,” sides with Perry’s detractors.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

“Trance music,” “music with repetitive structures” and “solid state music” all had their day; detractors called it “stuck record music.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

From my perspective as a political philosopher, these and other similar claims indicate he is speaking falsely as a way of demeaning or taunting his detractors.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

In general, I felt as if I couldn’t win, that no amount of faith or hard work would push me past my detractors and their attempts to invalidate me.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama