Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for railer
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Your relentless faultfinder—everybody has one—is quick to judge, minimize your accomplishments or demote you to an underdog.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
12 Apr. 2021
Noun
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Don’t be a scold, don’t be a moaner, don’t be a finger-wagging elitist, don’t be an eco-bore, don’t be a mentally ill homeless guy.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2022
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His showdowns with the head of the local diocese, played as a puckish scold by Malcolm McDowell, are some of the best in the film.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2022
Noun
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Seattle did very little to silence those critics in Week 1.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Before presenting Video of the Year at the 2018 awards, Madonna paid tribute to Aretha Franklin, in a moment critics called totally tone deaf.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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In addition to Brecht’s typical didacticism, there is a haunting passage for a fishwife whose son died in one of Lucullus’s campaigns.—
Seth Colter Walls,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2020
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An old fishwife sees a lobster try to escape and whacks it back in with her net.—
Casey Quackenbush / Hong Kong,
Time,
12 July 2018
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“Railer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railer. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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