How to Use excoriate in a Sentence

excoriate

verb
  • He was excoriated as a racist.
  • The candidates have publicly excoriated each other throughout the campaign.
  • There's still guys that will just excoriate me up there.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Prescott penned the excoriating memo that is ground zero for this crisis.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Prescott penned the excoriating memo that is ground zero for this crisis.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Tess, ahead of her time, writes him a letter excoriating him for his double standard.
    — Danielle McNally, Marie Claire, 4 Oct. 2019
  • But he was also excoriated when his worst predictions failed to come true.
    — The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Once again, Miller called Dudek and excoriated him.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Wang was excoriated for her words by all of the PC forces in Canada.
    — John Fund, National Review, 22 Sep. 2019
  • A couple of digital outlets picked up the post and ran the replies, many of which excoriated the excess.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
  • Swift has no issue taking shots at the media and fans who use her relationships as a way to demean and excoriate her.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But this version of the bill was promptly excoriated by vocal coalitions in both parties.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 1 July 2025
  • Bolton has made the public case to go to war with both nations for years and has routinely excoriated their leadership.
    — W.j. Hennigan, Time, 23 Mar. 2018
  • But Canady and Shields excoriated the deal, arguing that the city was still giving away the store.
    — Bill Turque, kansascity, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Trump has been widely excoriated for his remarks about women and has been accused of rape and harassment.
    — Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Throughout that first treatise, Locke excoriated the divine right of kings.
    — Time, 1 July 2025
  • Paddy grinds it to a halt several times, excoriating Ant for not performing his part well enough.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Democrats have excoriated the president and his allies for their campaign against Col.
    — Andrew Restuccia, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Henderson was not the sole convention speaker to excoriate Biden’s record on race.
    — Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2020
  • His images were often abrasive, excoriating those Nast believed were in the wrong.
    — The Economist, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Due to this tool’s narrow and thin edge and crescent shape design, the blade is extremely sharp and therefore cuts swiftly through the dirt to excoriate weeds.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2024
  • In his past races, Walker or his backers ran ads as early as the spring of the election year excoriating his opponent.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2018
  • Socrates excoriated the Sophists for their pay-to-play philosophy.
    — National Geographic, 11 Mar. 2019
  • The presidential victor will be showered in praise while the loser will be excoriated — no matter how close the election turns out to be.
    — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The letter excoriated her for taking TV interviews while the city burned.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The beat resumed, the volume its usual excoriating self, Shields’ guitar reprogrammed to give a hint of body-moving swing.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Nov. 2025
  • But in her view, Merrily is far from the bleak show business send-up that critics excoriated in 1981.
    — Marley Marius, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The book excoriates Democrats, the press and critics of his father, according to the New York Times.
    — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, azcentral, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Past presidents have met with popes and taken their criticisms on the chin, so to speak, but never has a president excoriated a pope in a public manner.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But even before the vote took place, John Oliver was on the case, with a May 7 segment that excoriated Pai.
    — Mike Godwin, Slate Magazine, 23 May 2017

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