How to Use criticize in a Sentence

criticize

verb
  • It seems as though all he ever does is criticize.
  • The judge was widely criticized for his verdict.
  • His boss criticized him for his sloppy work habits.
  • The editor criticized the author's work as trite.
  • To say that the movie feels empty by the end is not to criticize it.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Mind you, to point this out isn’t to criticize physics teachers.
    — Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But that hasn't stopped haters from criticizing the film's cast.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
  • Few state Democrats will criticize Clyburn by name on the record.
    — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 5 May 2023
  • In fact, for those who want to criticize, please stop whining, and form a short line to the left.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2022
  • Díaz-Balart criticized the idea.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Some of Coe's work has been criticized for being racist.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Bondi has been criticized from both the left and the right for her comments about hate speech.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Fans of the chain had also loudly criticized that move.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Democrats on the panel criticized Blanche for the fund.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • Trump has long criticized Biden's use of the autopen.
    — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • People were then free to agree, disagree, criticize or move on.
    — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • Will Trump criticize the justices to their faces?
    — Steve Peoples, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Roan's look was criticized by some, who deemed it tacky, but cheered by fans of her fearlessness.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
  • He was criticized for his calls and ended up beefing with sports radio hosts.
    — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Paul saves his candor for the page, which in turn is criticized by his publishers.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The idea that artists can no longer freely criticize the powerful should concern us all.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
  • An artist who made work criticizing Putin was gunned down in Poland.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026
  • This is a great lesson for young girls and women of all ages who can feel judged and criticized by others.
    — Dr. Katie Hurley, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • People have to make those choices, and they can be criticized for those choices, right?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
  • Jets fans and even the team’s owner have criticized Fields all season.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Among the ground rules – the candidates were asked not to criticize each other.
    — Fox News, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Some felt its handling was off and others criticized its on-road manners.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the vaccines that Kennedy has criticized in the past remain, measles among them.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Vance then criticized Jeffries for saying that the video was racist.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • So how might the author of that manifesto criticize this play?
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 June 2025

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