reproach

Example Sentences

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I can tell she wants to say something else here, either a reproach or a further suggestion about something I’ve missed, but whatever it is, she bites it back.

From Literature

When Vernice tries to persuade Annie to aim higher, she is reproached by her friend: “Stop acting like me and you knit with the same needles.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Lawyers acting for Dean's mother have said the document appears to be a "character assassination" of both him and his family, to keep Pierce beyond reproach.

From BBC

Allies of Mahmood also said that she considers the Supreme Court's judgement on the issue of trans rights to be "beyond reproach".

From BBC

“That line of Lucy’s is intended to be a sharp reproach of that dismissal,” adds Song.

From Los Angeles Times