inveigh against
phrasal verb
inveighed against; inveighing against; inveighs against
formal
: to protest or complain about (something or someone) very strongly
Employees inveighed against mandatory overtime.
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Nicole Neily, who testified before the committee as president of the conservative-leaning Parents Defending Education, inveighed against Biden administration efforts to encourage diversity, equity and inclusion in K-12 schools.
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Cory Turner, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
Hu himself was repeatedly brought to denunciation rallies, where Red Guards would inveigh against him and seek to humiliate him in public.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
For years, Donald Trump has inveighed against China, describing it as the root cause of all manner of ills in the United States.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Before the revolution, in an infamous 1963 sermon that precipitated his expulsion from Iran, Khomeini inveighed against Israel as the enemy of Islam and the religious class in Iran.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Back then, Uber’s brash CEO, Travis Kalanick, loved to inveigh against the evils and inefficiencies of car culture.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
Republicans have inveighed against progressive prosecutors after some have brought fewer drug possession cases and sought shorter prison sentences, arguing Democrats are coddling criminals.
—Jeff Amy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
The kids on the school bus are all twiddling away at their handheld Mattel Electronic Football games and the Health-Ed teacher spends much of the period before lunch inveighing against the dangers of Quaaludes.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Even Biden’s inveighing against Trump’s threats to democracy had grown a little stale.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
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Cory Turner, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
Hu himself was repeatedly brought to denunciation rallies, where Red Guards would inveigh against him and seek to humiliate him in public.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025
For years, Donald Trump has inveighed against China, describing it as the root cause of all manner of ills in the United States.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Before the revolution, in an infamous 1963 sermon that precipitated his expulsion from Iran, Khomeini inveighed against Israel as the enemy of Islam and the religious class in Iran.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Back then, Uber’s brash CEO, Travis Kalanick, loved to inveigh against the evils and inefficiencies of car culture.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
Republicans have inveighed against progressive prosecutors after some have brought fewer drug possession cases and sought shorter prison sentences, arguing Democrats are coddling criminals.
—Jeff Amy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
The kids on the school bus are all twiddling away at their handheld Mattel Electronic Football games and the Health-Ed teacher spends much of the period before lunch inveighing against the dangers of Quaaludes.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Even Biden’s inveighing against Trump’s threats to democracy had grown a little stale.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Inveigh against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inveigh%20against. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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