brickbats

Example Sentences

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That 2,700-page doorstop, the fruit of 750 “editor-years,” was greeted with brickbats on its appearance in 1961.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

But functioning democracies require people willing to enter public life and take with it the brickbats that follow.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

We can become cynical or angry and just throw brickbats.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

He drew brickbats from none other than George Bernard Shaw after trying to shut down a New York production of Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

I looked around and saw several brickbats scattered about.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright