How to Use criticize in a Sentence

criticize

verb

• It seems as though all he ever does is criticize.
• The judge was widely criticized for his verdict.
• His boss criticized him for his sloppy work habits.
• The editor criticized the author's work as trite.
• To say that the movie feels empty by the end is not to criticize it.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2022
• Few state Democrats will criticize Clyburn by name on the record.
  — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 5 May 2023
• In fact, for those who want to criticize, please stop whining, and form a short line to the left.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2022
• It’s also been criticized by many hunters in the state.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
• To be fair, Kelce did make some posts in the 2010s that have been criticized as fatphobic and ableist.
  — Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
• At the end of the day, Elordi and Pattinson are more than welcome to criticize their own work.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2023
• Over the years, Apple has been criticized for iPhone apps that couldn’t be deleted.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
• Among the ground rules – the candidates were asked not to criticize each other.
  — Fox News, 30 Mar. 2022
• She has, in turn, been criticized for her tougher approach.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• The idea that artists can no longer freely criticize the powerful should concern us all.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
• And in its day, the movie did well, but we were criticized for romanticizing the time.
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
• This is a great lesson for young girls and women of all ages who can feel judged and criticized by others.
  — Dr. Katie Hurley, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
• And so in 2017, the group criticized the swift dismantling of Sam Durant’s Scaffold.
  — Maddie Klett, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
• The researchers who criticized the original paper again passed the blame, this time to the journal that published it.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
• The only way not to be criticized is just to be mediocre, never do anything.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
• But with social media, those fans have more outlets to reach out to players, to praise and to criticize.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2023
• After the battle, the Black soldiers were withdrawn from action and criticized by the Army brass.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
• Don’t sing about girls getting naked, then criticize it.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2022
• Nixon says a number of times to his campaign aides, ‘Don't criticize Johnson.
  — Time, 1 Aug. 2023
• People have to make those choices, and they can be criticized for those choices, right?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
• Your guests are merely trying to lessen your burden and pitch in — not to criticize your home care and hygiene.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023
• Your guests are merely trying to lessen your burden and pitch in -- not to criticize your home care and hygiene.
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 13 Jan. 2023
• Labour lawmakers used the police probe to again criticize Mr. Johnson and ask him to step down.
  — Max Colchester, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022
• One measure of the Houthis’ new power is that the proud Arab autocrats who hate them hardly dare to criticize them.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
• This player leadership group, and Tretter, was criticized for the secretive nature of the last selection process.
  — Mike Jones, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
• Trump and congressional Republicans have repeatedly criticized the BLS over the years for its data collection.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025