How to Use lambaste in a Sentence

lambaste

verb
  • The coach lambasted the team for its poor play.
  • They wrote several letters lambasting the new law.
  • Desire fires him, cuts him to pieces, lambastes him.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Kline was lambasted by the local press and left town, never to return.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • The idea was deservedly lambasted by those on the left, right, and center.
    — Tiffany Donnelly, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • They got lambasted or bombarded or thrown under a bus.
    — David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
  • Online commenters lambasted her about this claim.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Sometimes, there’s no better way to pay tribute to a dear friend than by lambasting them with insults.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 May 2026
  • Berube lambasted his team after the coach’s challenge, berating his team for its lack of shots on net.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • In his email, Conway lambasted Benioff for his threats to move the event from the city.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats lambasted the speech as racist and insulting to Black voters.
    — Matt Brown The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Sydneysiders in their 20s and 30s took to social media to lambaste the ad.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
  • Kimmel also lambasted Carr for his threats.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Most surprising, though, is how hard Avedon took it when the book was lambasted by critics.
    — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
  • Cassidy then pushed back on Kennedy, who in turn became angry and lambasted Monarez.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Mo did lambast Adams’ Law Department for settling the case, though.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Trump has lambasted the Fed chief for not lowering interest rates.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The idea of just lambasting stuff and trying to stuff it down people’s throats would be an anathema to myself and Ken.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Cruz has joked at least three times about the trip, largely as an effort to lambaste high-profile Democrats for taking vacation.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The mom then hilariously lambastes her husband for not switching to Spectrum and for the idea of putting the hole in their wall.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
  • In the public backlash at the time, senior politicians as well as Clarkson’s own daughter lambasted the op-ed.
    — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 1 July 2023
  • The president also shared the words of supporters who lambasted the Democrats.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The Blue Bag program was touted by the city, and lambasted by critics, during its planning stages.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Mikey lambastes him anyway, turning a speech in praise of Richie into a searing evisceration.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 May 2026
  • Kirk was a controversial figure who was lambasted by his critics for his rhetoric, which some saw as being racist and divisive.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Tisch lambasted some of the reaction the fatal shooting has drawn, with some praising Mangione as a hero instead of a killer.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Critics lambasted those policies as impractical at best, reckless at worst.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
  • On April 20, the president took to Twitter to lambaste the cartel's push for higher prices.
    — Houston Chronicle, 25 May 2018
  • The announcement was met with some skepticism from Black consumers, who lambasted the founder for being a sellout.
    — Byruth Umoh, Fortune, 5 June 2024
  • Over the past few years, many have done a complete 180 and have embraced the former president after lambasting him in the past.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 9 July 2024

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