sharp rebuke

Frequency: 7.511.2 per million words

a quick and strong criticism

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Examples (10)

  • Urban voters might deliver a sharp rebuke to Congress.
  • If the general found his authority questioned he invariably offered a sharp rebuke.
  • The manager issued a sharp rebuke to the team for their poor performance.
  • He received a sharp rebuke from his mother for speaking rudely.
  • Her controversial statement drew a sharp rebuke from the public.
  • The minister's actions provoked a sharp rebuke from the opposition party.
  • A sharp rebuke was delivered to the student for cheating on the exam.
  • Despite the sharp rebuke, he continued with his disruptive behavior.
  • The board gave the CEO a sharp rebuke regarding the company's financial losses.
  • He ignored the sharp rebuke and kept pushing his radical ideas.