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
How the call-man, with his violin under his chin, stopped playing to vociferate his orders, or anathematize some bewildered pair!
From Bressant by Julian Hawthorne
They proceeded to anathematize each other, and when induced by friends they met at a conference, each claimed the victory in the argument.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
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
She told of a handsome Maltese-Angora cat which was anathematized by Calvin Coolidge who, disliking fancy breeds, said: "Anyone can see that his name is Mud."
From Time Magazine Archive
Artur Rodzinski, conductor of the New York Philharmonic, anathematized jazz.
From Time Magazine Archive
So she sat on her companion's—or captor's—knee with a docility that would have amazed Zarallo, who had anathematized her as a she-devil out of hell's seraglio.
From Red Nails by Robert E. Howard
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
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
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
"Yes, sir, I am sure they were false," he finally answered, while inwardly anathematizing himself at being caught in such a trap.
From Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life by Frank Andrew Munsey
Leo issued a second Bull, excommunicating Luther absolutely, anathematizing him and all his friends and abettors.
From Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties by Joseph A. Seiss
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