Example sentences for: panned

How can you use “panned” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In a separate study, we panned the immune cytokine TNF-β (lymphotoxin α, Lt α; [ 15 16 17 ] ) using a highly stringent protocol involving both positive (vs.

  • Forgetting that the original Dolittle was also panned, critics pine for "the good old days of children's movies" (Rod Dreher, the New York Post ). They lament the remake's addition of "a witless barrage of off-color bathroom humor" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ) and its use of sophisticated computer graphics to make cute animals engage in sexual innuendo.

  • On the contrary: Vincent Canby wrote from high atop a pedestal, panned The Godfather Part II , and indulged in an inexplicable love of Blake Edwards.

  • The 1950s nostalgia film, panned when it was released in 1978, fares better on re-release as a 1970s nostalgia film.

  • Also, Slate is panned: "familiar names like Joe Queenan, Katha Pollitt, Wendy Kaminer, Louis Menand, Paul Berman, Nicholas Lemann--all-purpose oxygen depleters who wash up everywhere."


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