How to Use scathing in a Sentence

scathing

adjective

• There are still some rather scathing lines on the track.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
• Face beat, waves flowing, and dressed to kill, Vestal delivered the scathing EpiPen diss heard ’round the world.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2024
• In her own words, the brash, scathing sound was born from a primal need to resist the hierarchy.
  — Tanu I. Raj, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2023
• The agency released a scathing report in 1985 about the abuse, and made recommendations to the state.
  — Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• The move comes one day after a scathing ethics panel report on his conduct.
  — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
• The discussion involves Byungsoo’s scathing view of the movie business at large.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2023
• But no one writes a restaurant takedown like the British critics who seem to make a sport of scathing restaurant reviews.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 24 Oct. 2022
• The right-wing opposition in New Zealand was even more scathing.
  — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• Perhaps Swift was holding onto some even more scathing lyrics about the Sob Rock crooner.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
• Employees on the way out the door could be especially scathing.
  — Jeff Horwitz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
• On Wednesday, as early reviews of the show appeared in the British news media, some critics were scathing.
  — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• As expected, Rock used the special to offer his (scathing) thoughts on being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2023
• Rereading my scathing review in light of what is obviously a rave today, I am forced to grapple with my own past, and the play’s.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• But in the three months since the council — now all-Muslim and all male — banned the Pride flag on public property, there have been protests and scathing online critiques.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• And no one could be more scathing in their scorn of screenwriting and its practitioners than the great authors themselves.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• Pay attention to the scathing reviews, which might be more informative than the glowing ones.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
• Adani ceded the title of third-richest person in the world to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos following the scathing report.
  — Laura Smythe, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• As the piece notes, many private space companies are scathing about the FAA’s capacity to handle the booming sector.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
• In response to the murder-suicide, Bogdanovich wrote a scathing book about Stratten’s death, blaming Playboy and Hefner.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
• But on Thursday, in a formal address on the Senate floor, Schumer delivered a scathing speech, calling for a new election in Israel.
  — Mariam Khan, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2024
• Productivity and getting back to work are top priorities in the U.S., as McReynolds points out in what, in my opinion, is the video’s most scathing takedown.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 18 Oct. 2023
• Gore resigned as county sheriff in February 2022, on the same day the state auditor issued a scathing report on the death rate in San Diego County jails.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
• Green discovered this and sent a scathing letter to the board demanding an explanation.
  — Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2023
• Still, O’Leary’s comments stand in sharp contrast to his previous scathing criticism of Boeing’s top brass.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
• But the company has been plagued by problems since its takeover, not least a scathing report from state watchdog Ofsted in Islington in 2021.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 20 Feb. 2024
• Justice Kagan was scathing in her dissent, writing that the court should not have even taken the case, as the six states suing did not lose any revenue because of the program and thus had no standing.
  — Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 30 June 2023
• From her sickbed, Maria responded with a vengeance, sending Allen and the newspapers a scathing letter decrying his baseness.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
• The British pop musician took the stand for a third time during the trial against him, this time offering a scathing review of the plaintiff’s music expert, Alexander Stewart.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• However, the book itself allows for a more compelling understanding of his scathing views.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
• That was offset, however, by Consumer Reports giving the vehicle a scathing review—not the first one it’s received.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024