How to Use critic in a Sentence

critic

noun
  • Here’s a look at what some of the top critics thought.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
  • So far, critics like it at 86% fresh.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 May 2026
  • But her inner critic kept her at heel.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But critics worry speed could come at a cost.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But critics of bell-to-bell bans are just as vocal.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Not bad for a film that critics savaged.
    — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • To find out what critics are saying, read on.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
  • But that’s just what the loser and hater critics had to say.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Reed was one of the rare critics to step in front of the camera.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • Even applied for the food critic’s job once.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But so far, critics are right to say that the program has failed.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • On your best day or your worst day, there will always be critics.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The critic in question is, well, me.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Trump has Iran on the ropes — and critics still don’t get his edge.
    — FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The franchise seems to be critic-proof.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
  • What are critics saying about it?
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Weiss will never be woke enough for her critics, and that’s a good thing.
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Even the critics were getting old.
    — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, right-wing critics are mad that a trans person is in the movie.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
  • His critics come from both parties.
    — ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Most critics don’t have this problem.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
  • But there may be a sharp critic/viewer divide in the end.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • This is much to the chagrin of its rather vocal critics.
    — Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
  • There have always been critics.
    — ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • Nothing to do with the fear of being panned by critics?
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The same is true today, more than critics care to admit.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Brown, for his part, fired back at the critics on social media.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Reed was not the typical dowdy or frumpy critic.
    — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
  • The shared ambivalence of all of these critics was telling.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But clearly, there are still plenty of critics of the tush push.
    — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

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