reproved

Example Sentences

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Mr. Meadows was also reproved by the House Ethics Committee in 2018 for mishandling sexual harassment allegations against a top aide.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2020

Both lawmakers were reproved by the Ethics Committee.”

From Fox News • Nov. 16, 2018

“We must all take responsibility for using facts correctly and for verifying anything we spread,” Stefan Lofven, the Swedish prime minister, reproved Trump at a news conference.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2017

He was immediately reproved by scores of his readers, as well as by a commentary in The Economist, “The World Is His Parking Spot,” that applied basic social cost-benefit analysis.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2011

But she also felt reproved for her homebound boredom.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan