scathing

Example Sentences

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The outpouring prompted the federal government to issue a scathing rebuke of the Bom and order immediate changes to the site.

From BBC

In a scathing dissent issued the day after Brown’s ruling, 5th U.S.

From Salon

Part persuasive plea, part scathing screed, its clarion call for justice resounds through the centuries.

From Seattle Times

They have often been scathing in their criticism of Russia's defence establishment and its conduct of the war, pushing for a more aggressive assault on Ukraine.

From Reuters

The actress Salma Hayek wrote a scathing letter to the magazine, which later published a full-page apology and later dropped Dame Edna’s column.

From Washington Post