- present participle of lambaste.
lambasting
Example Sentences
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Pelley’s dismissal came Tuesday, one day after a staff meeting in which the correspondent interrupted Bilton’s remarks, questioning the new boss’s qualifications and lambasting Weiss’s leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 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
Houston coach Ime Udoka was fined $25,000 by the NBA earlier this week after lambasting the officiating in the Rockets' 128-125 defeat to Denver on Monday.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
But it seemed to inspire others: several influential acts subsequently left the service, lambasting Ek for investing his personal fortune into an AI weapons firm.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025
Then the brothers had to do some more trembling and clinging while John finished lambasting them for running away, which apparently they did about every other week.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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