reproach

Messrs. Robey and Light understand that police officers aren’t above reproach and that racism in this country still exists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

And when one of us finally came padding down the wooden stairs, sleepy and rumpled and operating on a schedule she would never have personally endorsed, there was no reproach.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

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 ● Oct. 14, 2025

“To reexamine and reproach it through a lens of racial and socioeconomic disparity, with an eye to restorative justice programs and rehabilitation programs for nonviolent offenses.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

“I would fain ask the reader,” Carey demanded, “is this the language of an enemy? Does this deserve railing or reproach? Is it honorable for Jones and Allen to repay evil for good?”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

His notebooks, newly republished in an English translation by Ryan Bloom, are full of similar passages in which Camus reproaches himself to get to work and stay true to his beliefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

The tirade, an unusually direct and pointed outburst on an island where such reproaches are typically not tolerated, went viral shortly after publication.

From Reuters ● Jun. 13, 2022

The Anti-Defamation League has frequently had to issue reproaches such as, “Glib comparisons to Nazi Germany are offensive and a trivialization of the Holocaust.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2021

Still, “Guy” ensures that, whenever Earle’s next meeting with Clark may come, Earle has done well by his old friend with this heartfelt tribute and there’ll be no need for reproaches.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 27, 2019

More than once, after a series of absurd reproaches, I’ve snapped at Mother: “I don’t care what you say. Why don’t you just wash your hands of me—I’m a hopeless case.”

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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 ● Feb. 27, 2026

Welsh Labour MP Steve Witherden has apologised after being reproached for drinking milk from a carton in the House of Commons last week.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024

Although she reproached herself for being “blind,” some critics found fault with her unapologetic stand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

I reproached him for telling people that the medical and scientific profession was lying to them while he, a proven fraud, was not.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 2023

“Don’t be a wise guy,” she reproached me gently.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

But the investigators reserved their sharpest criticism for Dr. Wang, reproaching him for “long-standing and egregious misconduct in data management and record keeping.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2023

Simeone could be seen inside the bus reproaching Sociedad fans who continued to chant and insult the visitors before police intervention.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2022

It appeared clear to Elder that the presidential candidate was reproaching the journalist out for waffling on an important story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2021

When, in the 1930s, some of the remaining Nordophiles began reproaching the Up Helly Aa committee for allowing guizers to choose fancy dress over Viking tunics, Charles Manson, the committee secretary, replied emphatically.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2015

He shook his head, sadly and heavily, as if he were reproaching her and it was a sorrow to him, but he was doing it for her own good.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman