censorious

How To Use censorious In A Sentence

• Augusta wrinkled her nose at him, at his censorious tone, and let him draw her to join them. THE PROMISE IN A KISS
• censorious," meaning faultfinding, is derived from the name of these ancient officials. Early European History
• Just as Hugh Hefner relied on censorious foes to elevate his stature, Sports Illustrated has cultivated its own opposition to enhance its probity; the magazine is sporting about its own critics.
• Dressing like your Aunt Dahlia DOES NOT mean I am prim, censorious and frigid. Are SlutWalkers losing their way? | Victoria Coren
• Not only is his play anti-puritanical, but it recognizes without censoriousness the strength of the sexual urge and the intense pleasure it offers.
• The board is certainly less censorious than ever before: so far this year it has considered 150 films and cut just three, plus 2,262 videos, of which it demanded changes in only 95.
• Augusta wrinkled her nose at him, at his censorious tone, and let him draw her to join them. THE PROMISE IN A KISS
• Charity as she bears the present prejudices, or judges of the future state of men, is called candour, as opposed to censorious judging. A Charity Sermon. First Delivered in Salisbury, July 28; And Afterwards in Other Places in Rowan, and the Counties Adjoining; Particularly at Sugar's Creek, in Mecklenburg County, at the Opening of the Synod of the Carolinas, October 2: And Last, at t
• Taggart, however, did not seem even mildly censorious, only interested. LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE
• I go upon the sea on these cruises, which you call smuggling, and what not, and of which he speaks censoriously, but if they do not show a large enough profit on his books he rates me most severely, and charges me with a lack of enterprise. The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign