tongue-lashes

present tense third-person singular of tongue-lash

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue-lashes
Verb
  • Yeanoplos lectures throughout the United States on the topics of valuation, applied finance and financial analysis, has been a faculty member for the AICPA’s National Business Valuation School for close to 25 years and is currently on the faculty of the ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute.
    BySteel Rose, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Jon Michaels, a professor of law at UCLA who lectures about national security, said that the documents found in the printer of the Alaskan hotel reveal a lapse in professional judgement in preparation for a high-stakes meeting.
    Chiara Eisner, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • One owner blames the aggressive immigration enforcement near one of his restaurants.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2025
  • And in fact, somebody that Victor blames for the death of his beloved mother.
    Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If your boss criticizes your work, do not argue or retreat.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • What the president is trying to do here is very systemic and systematic, and that is, anyone who stands up to the president, anyone who criticizes the president, anyone who says anything adverse to the president's interests gets the full weight of the federal government brought down on them.
    NBC news, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Tongue-lashes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-lashes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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