Example sentences for: criticize

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  • I have found many things to criticize in the OEED , some of which are matters of accuracy and consistency and inclusion, others matters of taste and preference, all of which I feel it my duty to report.

  • And many also criticize the vice president for telling the Washington Post that he might not seek any campaign assistance from Clinton; that may be a smart strategy in the general election, say Susan Estrich ( Fox ) and D'Amato, but Clinton can still energize the Democratic base during the primary season.

  • It has stu-freakin'-pendous special effects, hipster sang-froid out the wazoo and a story line that makes only as much sense as it has to" (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ). A grudgingly appreciative Janet Maslin says that at its best the movie brings "Hong Kong action style home to audiences in a mainstream American adventure with big prospects as a cult classic and with the future very much in mind" (the New York Times ). Others criticize the convoluted story line and call it strictly genre and strictly for "guys in their teens and 20s, for whom the script's pretentious mumbo-jumbo of undergraduate mythology, religious mysticism and technobabble could even be a plus rather than a dramatic liability" (Todd McCarthy, Daily Variety ). (To see the trailer and some fine Keanu pics, visit this fan site; check out David Edelstein's in Slate .)

  • Judges routinely criticize FACA as ambiguous and overreaching . The law even fails to define "government employee" and does not specify what constitutes "membership" on an advisory board.

  • The New York Times thinks Bradley crossed a moral line this week when he began to criticize Gore on his own initiative rather than "in response to attacks by Gore."


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