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

"I can't reproach my players. Whether we are tired or not I don't care. This is a World Cup semi-final."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Simpson was led by the public's perception, or his interpretation of it, that enough ubiquity and money places a person beyond reproach.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2024

“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? I had nothing with which to reproach myself."

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

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

He would open his mouth to defend Chester, but before he could say a thing, the words were drowned in Mama’s flood of reproaches.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden

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

Even Auri reproached me gently for not coming to visit her.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Buzsáki's article reminds me of my dad reproaching me and my siblings by saying, “You look with your eyes, not your hands.”

From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2022

Instead of reproaching her, he ended up comforting her and patting her on the shoulder, she said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 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

For the first time, Pan has had experiences Lyra knows nothing about, and the pair can be seen bickering and reproaching each other with a seriousness never evident in His Dark Materials.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2020

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