anathematize
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It is to Mr. Hale’s great credit that he refuses to anathematize the prodigal children in his book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Should we anathematize communication with half the population?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2020
This became another reason to anathematize Golden Books, which were for decades shunned by library buyers.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2017
Rich,—for he had paid the drinks; travelled,—they had his assertion for it; courageous,—he could anathematize the Archbishop; Miséricorde had seldom such a novelty all to itself.
From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
You grumbled at everything when you first came to California, and now that you have become philosophical like the rest of us, you only anathematize when you are put out.
From Ancestors A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Bayless anathematized James as a diva who was tough when trouncing inferior competition but “soft” when the lights were brightest.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 18, 2018
BuzzFeed was so anathematized that by presser’s end, fellow journalists were picking up their lunch trays and moving to the other side of the cafeteria.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2017
Ephesus anathematized the Nestorians, because they refused to acknowledge Mary as Theotokos, the Mother of God.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the very first session Nestorius was anathematized, deposed, excommunicated.
From Time Magazine Archive
He tore his clothes, and anathematized the tongue that spoke last.
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
In some ways, the grotesqueries of his persona, rather than anathematizing him to voters, only enhanced his appeal among those wishing for something different.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2017
In Constantinople the Most Holy Patriarch Basil of the Greek Orthodox Church was incensed, last week, to the point of anathematizing the new Albanian Synod.
From Time Magazine Archive
Would it be out of order to suggest a cursory glance at past history, sacred and secular, before completely anathematizing Heflin's stand?
From Time Magazine Archive
Widows and orphans thrust themselves before his face with anathematizing countenances.
From An American Girl Abroad by Adeline Trafton
He was anathematizing Jakie Florsheimer of the Gents' Furnishings at the moment for not having suggested white kid gloves to him.
From Why Joan? by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
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