reproach

Example Sentences

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The notion of the presidency as an institution “above reproach regardless of who’s in the office” has been increasingly challenged.

From Washington Post

Nonetheless, it was an extraordinary reproach of the legal framework and C.I.A. detention system that the Bush administration established after the Sept. 11 attacks.

From New York Times

The Proposition 22 campaign and its victory at the ballot box were a reproach to the idea that voters’ wisdom is an unerring counterweight to corporate interests’ influence in politics.

From Los Angeles Times

To other women, the governor’s denouement was a victory, proof of the durability of the Me Too era, driving home a point that no one — and no man — is beyond reproach.

From New York Times

The king has traditionally been portrayed as above reproach in conservative Thai culture, and any criticism of the monarch - whom some have viewed as semi-divine - is taboo as well as illegal.

From Reuters