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
Eisenhower offered to reappoint him for a new term, but Strauss had grown weary of dodging brickbats in Washington.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
