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Recent Examples of excoriate On social media, the governor has crafted this new persona as a Trump-esque troll, posting in ALL CAPS and in Trump's signature style, generating AI memes at Trump's expense, excoriating MAGA as a bunch of lemmings and essentially playing POTUS' own game against him. Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 Swift has no issue taking shots at the media and fans who use her relationships as a way to demean and excoriate her. Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Online, fans excoriated the bright lights and banality of the revamp so aggressively that the company’s chief marketing officer paid the Reddit forum a visit to quell concerns. Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 8 Aug. 2025 The level of anger was quickly evident in state media broadcasts - which analysts say are often a measure of official Saudi viewpoints - with television news reports personally excoriating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Pesha Magid, Reuters, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for excoriate
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Verb
  • Charlie was the best of America, and the monster who attacked him was attacking our whole country.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Estonian police said the drone was likely en route to attack targets inside Russia.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • Generally, mineral sunscreens are beloved by dermatologists for not irritating sensitive skin, the way chemical sunscreens can.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Too many or poorly timed nudges irritate users.
    Prithvi Singh Shergill, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • Shipp is tasked with scolding her father and delivering leaden exposition.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In Part 2, viewers see Morticia scold her children for lying to her, yet Morticia is keeping secrets from Wednesday about her past and family.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More generally, the Nepalese public criticized the government’s measures disproportionate impact on ordinary users.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Republicans on Sunday criticized some Democrats, suggesting language used by them contributed to Kirk's killing, claims that Democrats rejected.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • During hours of debate on Friday, which Republicans eventually shut down using a procedural move, Democrats continued to slam the new map as detrimental to voters – particularly for voters in Kansas City, Missouri, which would be split among multiple districts.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Other coffee bean-growing countries are also being slammed with tariffs.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Some drivers also insult and demean people with disabilities or refuse reasonable requests such as letting passengers with mobility impairments sit in the front seat.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • These summaries read like a bad high school essay and insult your audience's intelligence.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Excoriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excoriate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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