inveighed

past tense of inveigh

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of inveighed Prabowo has also inveighed more openly than Jokowi ever did against the West’s hypocrisy on democracy and human rights. Ben Bland, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inveighed
Verb
  • Prosecutors describe the laws as an invaluable tool against would-be attackers, but civil liberties groups have long complained of overreach.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement The panel has already obtained roughly 33,000 pages of records from the Justice Department, though Democrats have complained those disclosures contained little new information.
    Nik Popli, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Steve Jobs screamed from time to time as self-therapy.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The symbolism is a little over-the-top if this is the case, but then again, this is a show for teens based on a YA novel, also for teens, and sometimes the symbolism needs to be screamed in ALL CAPS.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • From the other room, the victim moaned.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Yankees fans have moaned and groaned about Aaron Boone’s deployment of Williams in crucial situations this season, and it’s only exacerbated now that every game counts in the postseason race.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There are few actors whose disembodied voices could carry long stretches of cinema, but Dafoe manages it, turning monologues about marionette mechanics or muttered complaints about hotel politics into something weirdly magnetic.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Some faculty and staff reacted with horror, others voiced increasing fear about the ongoing assault on academic freedom, and some merely muttered in sad resignation to the new reality.
    Giuliana Perrone, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Inveighed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inveighed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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