reproach

England players were on the receiving end of a half-time reproach from manager Thomas Tuchel as their World Cup campaign got off to a victorious start against Croatia.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

“That line of Lucy’s is intended to be a sharp reproach of that dismissal,” adds Song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025

Governor Robert Orr, R-Ind., was disciplined and kind and his ethics were beyond reproach.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2024

"Personally, it was worse for me after my massive mistake in 2014. But there's nothing that I would reproach."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024

So I eat a lot, and the meal is beyond reproach, but I can’t say I’m enjoying it.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

Asked about his unfinished reading, the protagonist says, “No sooner do I buy a new book than it reproaches me for leaving it unread.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2016

“I wish you could have gone, but there is no hope of it this time, so try to bear it cheerfully, and don’t sadden Amy’s pleasure by reproaches or regrets.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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

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

"Everyone reproached us for having a quantity of money tied up in a system where we could not decide anything," said a source close to Renault.

From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023

Looking at the tins now, he bitterly reproached himself for his weakness.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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

Soon, he even felt comfortable reproaching his mentors.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2019

In June, he started to send her texts reproaching her for not doing the work he was paying her to do.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2013

Ron got back off the bed, put his arm around her once more, and frowned at Harry as though reproaching him for lack of tact.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling