sharp rebuke
Frequency: 7.511.2 per million words
a quick and strong criticism
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- 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.