Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for lambaste. Search instead for klammste.
Definitions

lambaste

[lam-bayst, -bast] / læmˈbeɪst, -ˈbæst /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

It’s one thing for Mamdani supporters to imbibe “eat the rich” rhetoric, it’s another to lambaste small-time shopkeepers as greedy exploiters when they are the backbone of neighborhood food provision and cultural cohesion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Gaetz, as a man, appears to be widely detested by his former colleagues, given the number willing to publicly lambaste him.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024

I arranged the interview because I wanted to check in on a politician I’ve been friendly with for years yet didn’t hesitate to lambaste after her accident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

No—Ackman’s saved his invective to lambaste perceived wrongdoings at Harvard, instead.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023

I'll lambaste him good for this, now I tell you.

From Hiram the Young Farmer by Burbank L. Todd

Schwab’s recent correspondence lambasts the Forum’s board for deploying money and using advisers to diminish his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

In his 1989 journal article "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine," Berry lambasts the era's burgeoning tech revolution with jarring prescience:

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023

Jamil often lambasts or reframes the negative narratives that articles perpetuate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2020

No punishment for Hearts, says SPL Brown focuses on Division One future Brown to continue as Dundee boss Brown lambasts penalty decision 43.

From BBC ● May 21, 2013

In the rest of his article, he lambasts them for tax avoidance and evasion, not paying fair wages, etc.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2010

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan on Thursday, Seoul's military said, with the launch coming after Pyongyang lambasted Japan's military build-up in the Pacific.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

It was then that Tuchel may well have given the game away when he heaped praise on England's mentality but lambasted their lack of quality.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

President Trump last month lambasted the company’s “absolutely horrible” response to the L.A. infernos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

In 2011, Acuña was one of many authors who saw their works lambasted by then-Arizona Atty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

"He did, an' I lambasted him," replied Slone, with force.

From Wildfire by Zane Grey

But after countless reader comments lambasting me for not getting one, I’m convinced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

"On the way out, some of the prisoners came out of their cells and started lambasting the away side for losing the game," Tony says.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

Emirati presidential advisor Anwar Gargash has condemned the atrocities in El-Fasher and expressed concern for Sudan’s unity, lambasting last week what he called "fake news" about any involvement by the UAE in Sudan.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

Last weekend, MCU fans, Pascal punks and journalists alike spent their afternoons lambasting the millionth time Pascal has been asked about the “Daddy” title the internet hoisted onto him.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025

Among the letters lambasting McCandless, virtually all those I received mentioned his misidentification of the caribou as proof that he didn’t know the first thing about surviving in the back- country.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




Vocabulary lists containing lambaste


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training