reproached

past tense of reproach
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of reproached Jean’s mama reproached her for not having been more careful and babied Wole, ordering him to remove his T-shirt and retrieving an aloe lotion, telling him to stretch out on the couch and instructing Jean to spread it over the tender areas. David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025 During her tenure, she was openly critiqued for her lack of political knowledge and reproached for her Christian-fundamentalist views on evolution. Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reproached
Verb
  • Chun also scolded attorneys for Amazon in July for withholding thousands of documents from the FTC and abusing a legal privilege to shield them from scrutiny.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The heartwarming video, shared on Saturday by @inboxunknown15, shows the pup sitting head down, facing the wall, looking sad and ashamed after being scolded by his owner’s girlfriend.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He was admonished in an awkward one-on-one interview by the legendary Alfredo Di Stefano for playing too high up the pitch against the man-marking Italians rather than dropping deep.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The judge agreed and admonished the defense on the bench Friday.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Doctors, lawyers and first responders have been fired, suspended, censured or investigated.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • That includes issuing a public censure, or a recommendation to the council that Kimbrough be censured by that body as well.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Clarke and his business partner sold photographs and films, wrote and lectured about their adventures, and began treasure hunting.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Vance lectured Zelenskyy and argued the wartime leader hadn’t shown proper gratitude for the billions of dollars in military assistance the United States has given to his country.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There is a form of right-of-center liberalism that is content with status hierarchies, that is very unhappy with anything that makes people feel reprimanded.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The college was being reprimanded amid allegations of antisemitism on campus and activism led in part by Mahmoud Khalil, a foreign student organizing against Israel’s war in Gaza.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But to hold on to their negotiating leverage, Senate Democrats will likely have to vote against a bill to temporarily extend government funding on Tuesday, just hours before a shutdown — an uncomfortable position for a party that has long denounced shutdowns as pointless and destructive.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The Irish rappers have also denounced Hezbollah and Hamas, two militant groups that are considered terrorist organizations by the United Kingdom.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In September 2024, Musk again criticized Albanese’s government, responding to a post reporting that Australia was considering fining social media platforms for failing to prevent misinformation.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The outlet said many criticized his behavior, labeling it racist, sexist, or out of touch.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With roles reversed, Democrats could be in line to get blamed for a new shutdown.
    Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Twins officials blamed bad weather and various other factors for poor April crowds.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Reproached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reproached. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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