How to Use rake over in a Sentence

rake over

verb
  • Press junkets get satirically raked over the coals.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Wellness culture gets massively raked over the coals.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The proof is always in the pudding, but the lack of studio debuts certainly hasn’t helped the event’s cause and has been much raked over by media and industry watches.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • The GoFundMe has so far raked over $38,000 of its $40,000 goal.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • The worst Obama era moment happens in the gross conversation when Gretchen sits on her sectional with Slade to rake over the coals of the past.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There’s no end to conjectures about William Shakespeare’s life because there isn’t all that much definitive Shakespeareana to rake over.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Easily switch between the debris-collection side and cultivating side by simply turning the rake over or swiveling the head 180 degrees.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In 2010, he and other bank executives got raked over the coals during Congressional hearings investigating what happened.
    — Jo Ling Kent, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has been raked over the coals due to the most recent photos that were released of him and NFL reporter Dianna Russini.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026

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