How to Use rebuke in a Sentence

rebuke

1 of 2 verb

• Among those to rebuke the mailers were the Ohio Young Black Democrats.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2021
• When God rebuked them, Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent.
  — wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• The judge twice rebuked Mr. Trump in court, though not always by name.
  — New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• Some First Ladies rebuked the idea that they should be judged for their style choices.
  — Erika Harwood, Vanities, 25 Jan. 2017
• The White House, in a rare move, directly rebuked the tech mogul.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
• Besson has rebuked the notion that the movie is his comeback.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• But the emperor turned on him, and rebuked him, and sent him back to the territory in shame.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 12 Feb. 2020
• The premier has already rebuked him for speaking out of turn.
  — Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• So now Rudy has been publicly rebuked by Trump and his now-former law firm.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 10 May 2018
• This isn’t the first time Melania Trump rebuked her husband in public.
  — Britni Danielle, Essence.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The fiery re-entry earned China rebuke from officials in the U.S.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 30 May 2021
• The members of the group rebuked gangster rap and blew up on the hip-hop scene with a smooth, sophisticated sound.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• Thunberg is a child who rebukes adults for failing, and for forcing children to act.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2019
• So far, very few GOP lawmakers have rebuked Trump over the pardon.
  — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Aug. 2017
• The judge also rebuked Mr. Trump for lying about the size of his Manhattan apartment.
  — Michael R. Sisak, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
• T’Challa is viewed through a lens of judgment, or even rebuke for Wakanda’s failure to help Black people around the world for centuries.
  — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2021
• The winger isn't the first Bundesliga player to be rebuked by German media for eating a gold steak.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 15 Jan. 2020
• Or a counselor who was told the week before the fire he was not being retained and had been rebuked for keeping a can of gasoline in his kitchen.
  — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• But with longevity and importance come clichés and rebuke.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2021
• Multiple messages show how the hosts were deeply concerned about the rioters and Mr. Trump’s refusal to rebuke them on the day of the attack.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2022
• And, while some may rebuke his tactics, others applaud it.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2021
• Many of the actors on the show publicly rebuked Barr following her tweet, which could have alienated them from fans.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 June 2018
• But the high court hesitated to rebuke the 5th Circuit.
  — Jonathan Entin, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2024
• Cabrera, catcher Austin Romine and Maybin gathered the team to rebuke the hardships.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2020
• However, foie gras critics rebuke that this is a ridiculous excuse, and that the birds are clearly harmed by the gavage.
  — Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2015
• The fact that the two sides — which at times have rebuked each other for comments to the media — issued a joint statement signaled a possible sign of progress.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
• The FC Cincinnati players themselves were first to rebuke the sentiments contained in the tweet of Monday night.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 1 July 2020
• But the fact that the two sides — which at times have rebuked each other for comments to the media — issued a joint statement signaled a possible sign of progress.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
• Another judge rebuked Trump for muttering too loudly with his lawyers.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
• This past week, during a four-hour hearing in Congress, lawmakers from both political parties rebuked Hur.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024

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rebuke

2 of 2 noun

• This led to a rare rebuke of the N.F.L. from one of the league’s broadcast partners.
  — Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023
• And the first thing that came out was always some kind of rebuke.
  — Keith Gessen, Longreads, 10 July 2018
• The banker's comments drew a quick rebuke from Sanders.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 12 June 2019
• But such rebukes did not save Clark from years in jail.
  — David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023
• The book project began the same way, almost as a rebuke: See?
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2019
• And how did McCarthy respond to this rebuke from the Court?
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2020
• The referendum was a stinging rebuke for the builders of the project.
  — Robert Bryce, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• The hard-line approach has sometimes drawn rebukes from the bench.
  — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2023
• That sparked a sharp rebuke from the district’s leadership, and the change wasn’t made.
  — Gregory Pratt, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
• That was the mildest rebuke Mr Johnson has faced in recent weeks.
  — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
• The rest of Catch and Kill offers an answer—and a sharp rebuke—to that question.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2019
• Failure to answer a question will get a rebuke from the judge.
  — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
• Roberts, the chief justice, issued a rare rebuke that day.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022
• Democrats said Greene should face more than just a public rebuke.
  — Brian Slodysko, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2021
• But to Paxton’s detractors, the rebuke was years in the making.
  — Acacia Coronado, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2023
• That drew a stern rebuke from his predecessor in the post.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2020
• The comment spurred a rebuke by both Blinken and Sullivan.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2021
• With news of the divorce coming on the heels of Da’Naia’s viral rebuke, her name trended once again.
  — Candice Benbow, Essence, 15 Dec. 2022
• The remark was a rebuke of the approach amid mounting new infections around the world.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2020
• The remark was a sharp rebuke of the approach amid mounting new infections around the world.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2020
• The rebuke of Cornyn was a resolution passed by voice vote.
  — Eric Fayeulle, ABC News, 19 June 2022
• In the end, the judge sentenced Gendron to life in prison on each of the terrorism and murder charges and offered a stern rebuke of him.
  — Mark Morales, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
• His friend wrote back a sharp rebuke, saying the bet was serious.
  — Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2022
• The proper venue for redress is the courts, not a public rebuke addressed to Congress.
  — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 18 Dec. 2017
• Sure enough, that drew a strong rebuke from Sputnik's Twitter team.
  — Adrian Croft, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2021
• Yet, in what seemed to be a pointed rebuke to the controversial piece, Slave Play won no awards.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2021
• The prize was seen as a strong rebuke to the authoritarian rule of Putin.
  — Jan M. Olsen, ajc, 8 Dec. 2022
• His comments drew a strong rebuke from the Republican speaker of the House that day.
  — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 27 Nov. 2023
• Tuesday’s primary in the crucial swing state of Michigan may deliver a symbolic rebuke to the president’s handling of the Gaza crisis.
  — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2024
• Although the law doesn’t specifically mention the Memphis traffic stop measure, it has been widely interpreted as a rebuke of the ordinance and would prevent cities across the state from implementing similar reforms.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024

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