How To Use Censure In A Sentence

  • That which is soft and effeminate, which is calculated to excite the passions, by multitudes of ambiguous expressions, (not the less dangerous for being so cloaked) should be considered by Christians as an abuse the more deplorable, as it has even been censured and condemned by the pagans. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • The thanatological philosophies of spirit that Schelling here wishes were dead are in fact very much alivehence the reiterated forcefulness of his censure. Mourning Becomes Theory: Schelling and the Absent Body of Philosophy
  • Show no public censure for your dying elephant, either. THROWING THE ELEPHANT
  • Broadcast watchdogs have censured him for swearing on his former BBC Radio 1 afternoon show.
  • It is an act of vandalism for which the party deserves censure. Times, Sunday Times
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  • Bibliomaniacs were censured, that is, for eschewing commonplace means of engaging the material traces of the literary past and commonplace means of cohabiting with the nation's literary tradition. "Wedded to Books': Bibliomania and the Romantic Essayists
  • The countries, which the think tank says should be " censured " by the G-20, include China, Malaysia, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan. The Search for a New Currency System
  • It is zeal for the salvation of souls which makes the prelateship desired, if you will believe the ambitious man; which makes the monk, who is destined for the choir, run hither and thither, as the restless soul himself will tell you; which causes all those censures and murmurings against the prelates of the Treatise on the Love of God
  • Its only real weapon over the government is that it can propose a vote of censure.
  • In both cases, strong censure of practitioners followed public attention.
  • He could avoid expulsion and imprisonment if the full 435-member House decides to enforce censure, a reprimand or fines.
  • Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from commintting it. 
  • He avoided censure through his reputation for being proved right and the certainty that he spoke in the general interest - not his own. Times, Sunday Times
  • I hope Representative Wilson gets censured from the House. Wilson apologizes: 'I let my emotions get the best of me'
  • Six months ago they cautioned against being too aggressive on the corporate scandals; now they censure Democrats for not pushing harder.
  • Enforcement proceedings could lead to public censure, bans from working in financial services or fines. Times, Sunday Times
  • I armed her against the censures of the world, shewed her that books were sweet unreproaching companions to the miserable, and that if they could not bring us to enjoy life, they would at least teach us to endure it. The Vicar of Wakefield
  • Her deportment was the subject of reams of scurrility in prose and verse: it lowered her in the opinion of some whose esteem she valued; nor did the world know, till she was beyond the reach of praise and censure, that the conduct which had brought on her the reproach of levity and insensibility was really a signal instance of that perfect disinterestedness and selfdevotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2
  • However, recently he was censured for dangling his baby son Bob near the open jaws of a crocodile and forced to make an apology to his millions of fans.
  • Violence and jail receive strong censure. Christianity Today
  • Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from commintting it. 
  • In 2001 the New York Times reported that the AMA generated $20 million dollars a year from licensure sales to drug companies in a complex scheme to market drugs like Baycol to doctors. Wonk Room » A Symbiotic Relationship – The AMA And The For-Profit Health Lobby
  • It is an act of vandalism for which the party deserves censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • He may have been censured by public opinion, but if that is the gauge, where does it stop? Times, Sunday Times
  • Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from commintting it. 
  • But she was a severe censurer of pieces of a light or indecent turn, which had a tendency to corrupt the morals of youth, to convey polluted images, or to wound religion, whether in itself, or through the sides of its professors, and this, whoever were the authors, and how admirable soever the execution. Clarissa Harlowe
  • I shall ever think on you with gratitude, and the worst of my censure shall be, _Que diable alloit-il faire dans cette galre? _ '' The Waverley
  • County ambulance service chiefs were censured for bullying.
  • Earlier this year PBS distributed to its affiliates only the expurgated version of A Company of Soldiers, a Frontline documentary about American forces in Iraq, because of concerns that obscenities shouted by military personnel during an ambush might bring censure from the FCC; it released the unbleeped version only to those local stations willing to sign waivers absolving PBS of liability for any fines. Fatwa City
  • Female students were censured for eating apples ‘too seductively’ in public.
  • condign censure
  • It could have expressed dismay at Pringle's obvious lack of race awareness, censured him, and sent him on a training course.
  • discriminative censure
  • Licensure of practitioners of various pseudosciences is often treated as endorsement and as a gateway to greater privileges.
  • Show no public censure for your dying elephant, either. THROWING THE ELEPHANT
  • He had had to confess his carnal thoughts to Father Devlin and had been severely censured.
  • In a language so expressive as the English, I hate the pedantry of tagging or prefacing what I write with Latin scraps; and ever was a censurer of the motto-mongers among our weekly and daily scribblers. Clarissa Harlowe
  • To overlook , forgive, or disregard ( an offense ) without protest or censure.
  • A senior Democratic aide said it was virtually certain that Democrats would push for censure.
  • This program has been approved for 14 Approved Entity Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Feed of Eventbrite Events
  • The assumption that the Windsor matriarch, alone of her tribe, offered a symbol impervious to scepticism, reproach, censure, even simple boredom, has been dispelled.
  • He censures the cruelty of slave masters, the dodges of legacy hunters, and the meanness of the wealthy, but the targets of his criticisms are normally anonymous.
  • Louise McMullan, one of the officers singled out for censure, claimed that the protest had been a success and wanted to thank all those who took part.
  • Make no mistake, Feingold's motion to censure is not a foolish nuisance interrupting your busy lawmaking schedules, not an unnecessary distraction from the great work of appealing as unspecifically as possible to enough disgruntled Republicans that we can eke out a tarnished and compromised numerical victory in November. Frank Dwyer: Senators: Stand with Feingold
  • Call this palliation, or what you will; but if you see not the difference, you are blind; and a very unfit judge for yourself, much more unfit to be a censurer of me. Pamela
  • Mil. to pass muster: to undergo muster or inspection without censure; (later in extended use) to come up to the required standard, to be beyond reproach or criticism; to be taken or accepted as (occas. for) something. Battlecat « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • The traffic policeman censured the driver but didn't fine him.
  • Reminded of unpleasant reality, public opinion swung to censure the offending speaker. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
  • But he could hardly escape censure. The Times Literary Supplement
  • And are we to suffer the loss of our cimelia by your neglect, besides being exposed to the scorn and censure of our lieges, and of the foreign ambassadors?” The Fortunes of Nigel
  • -- But however great have been your exertions; however much they have been guided by the precepts of humanity and religion, your public reward has been censure and criticism; but let not such airy weapons damp your ardour for doing good; your _just reward_ is in Heaven, not on earth. Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872
  • He censures the licentious behavior which the picaro's freedom implies and from which the hero could abstain through his free will.
  • All of the information you need to apply for initial licensure or a renewal of your license is available for download here.
  • The American Medical Association and the Ohio State Medical Association are among the organizations that take issue with the idea of licensure for midwives in a home setting. Daytondailynews.com - News
  • But he could hardly escape censure. The Times Literary Supplement
  • Cactus Kate censured for egregious use of the word numpty and sulks when Moet runs out in Hong Kong video conference centre. Whale Oil Beef Hooked
  • He was officially censured for his handling of the situation.
  • But from the darkness of the minds of men and their unmortified affections (as the best know but in part, nor are they perfectly sanctified) it is that they are apt to take offence one at another, and thereon to judge and censure each other temerariously; and, which is worst of all, every one to make his own understanding and persuasion thereon the rule of truth and worship unto others. A Discourse concerning Evangelical Love, Church Peace, and Unity
  • Every member of our staff is a masters or doctoral level audiologist who holds national certification and state licensure. Audiology
  • As a result, the country faces international censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • Throughout Damascene society, broken promises brought shame, dishonor, and various forms of ostracism and censure.
  • In football, one of the most prominent figures in the game can use a racial insult without any meaningful censure from his club. Times, Sunday Times
  • I know not how I shall offend in dedicating my unpolished lines to your lordship, nor how the world will censure me for choosing so strong a prop to support so weak a burthen: only, if your honour seem but pleased, I account myself highly praised, and vow to take advantage of all idle hours, till I have honoured you with some graver labour. Venus and Adonis
  • A senior Democratic aide said it was virtually certain that Democrats would push for censure.
  • Mr. Wilson disappoints and offers gossip, censure and critical summary.
  • As a result, the country faces international censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was this Jesuit amenability to incorporating pre-existing non-Christian beliefs and practises in their efforts at conversion that was causing Rome in this same period to censure the order in India and China.
  • Ali censures the heretic with a playful stare.
  • Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from commintting it. 
  • If we can see that bad behaviour has gone unpunished, perhaps we feel that our own lapses will go uncensured. Times, Sunday Times
  • John Davis coolly sat on a powder-keg from which the top had been shot off, and was so found by an officer, who hastily censured him for his loafing -- "bumming" during recess. The Lincoln Story Book
  • Enforcement proceedings could lead to public censure, bans from working in financial services or fines. Times, Sunday Times
  • All such diabolic, yet cowardly actions must be severely condemned, censured and deterred with steeled resolve and equally resolute counteraction.
  • Violence and jail receive strong censure. Christianity Today
  • TV3's John Campbell has escaped censure from the Broadcasting Standards Authority for calling Prince Phil the Greek a 'dork'. It's Perfectly Fine To Call Prince Phil The Greek a Dork
  • The idea would be that the risk of public censure would force governments to act in a more consistent long-term manner. Times, Sunday Times
  • Baius fell under censure for asserting (Props. 74, 75) that "concupiscence in the baptized is a sin, though not imputed. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
  • Some are arguing that the threat of a legislative vote against relicensure is leverage to be used against Entergy - but leverage for what, exactly? Green Mountain Daily - Front Page
  • The civil power was to be the secular arm, the instrument, of the Kirk, and was required to inflict the penalties which the preacher imposed on such as contemned the censure and discipline of the Church. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • Violence and jail receive strong censure. Christianity Today
  • Each of the terrible ten is accompanied by a helpful little paragraph explaining just why it merits our censure.
  • The kid probably deserves First prize, but, by daring to attack the field of Goebbels Warming, probably managed to get a unique censure from the prize committee typically reserved for Science Fair projects that attempt to justify Eugenics or Lysenkoism — and totally unlike that kid who did a baking soda volcano and still got a “blue ribbon” … everyone gets an award these days, you know … unless their project is clearly unPC. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Awesome Analysis of Urban Biases on Surface Temperature Records
  • Individual competency is ensured through initial and continuing education, licensure and credentialing activities, and periodic performance evaluations.
  • Our age is too enlightened to contend upon topics which concern only the interests of eternity; the men who hold in proper contempt all controversies about trifles, except such as inflame their own passions, have made it a commonplace censure against your ancestors, that their zeal was enkindled by subjects of trivial importance; and that however aggrieved by the intolerance of others, they were alike intolerant themselves. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
  • In which censure I think I am no tyrant, which the philosopher names the worst of wild beasts; I am sure I am no flatterer, which he calls justly, the worst of tame beasts, — Kai tauta men dē tauta. Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
  • The governor could be pressured to resign by a vote of censure.
  • And these censures exercised, not in a lordly, domineering, prelatical way: but in an humble, sober, grave, yet authoritative way, necessary both for preservation of soundness of doctrine, and incorruptness of conversation; and for extirpation of the contrary. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
  • All such diabolic, yet cowardly actions must be severely condemned, censured and deterred with steeled resolve and equally resolute counteraction.
  • Much of the censure is coming from an "infrastructure ü ber alles" crowd that too readily ignores that the costs of these big projects are often grossly underestimated and their benefits significantly exaggerated. Christie Is Right About the Hudson River Big Dig
  • _Staple of News, Devil's an Ass_, and the rest, if they be not so sprightful and vigorous as his first pieces, all that are old will, and all that desire to be old, should excuse him therein; and therefore let the Name of _Ben Johnson_ sheild them against whoever shall think fit to be severe in censure against them. The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687)
  • Public censure should be reserved largely for those who pulled the trigger. Times, Sunday Times
  • Not that most of the batsmen were above censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • He has been foolishly panegyrized, and as foolishly censured. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
  • Modern censures on Herodotos for failing to mention this obstacle have, here as often, been proved unjustified.
  • I would not want the U.S. Senate to write a resolution of censure against you.
  • Keep in mind that neither of these groups have anything to do with medical licensure, which is handled by the state boards. Rand Paul: I passed my opthamalogy certification, but took a stand against the way the board operates
  • Some idiotical quarrel which he had engaged in, and which he had not fought out, as their wisdom thought he should have done, was the principal cause of censure. Saint Ronan's Well
  • It is the regular complaint of decent landlords that they strive to comply with the regulations, while the rogues routinely escape censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • In this way, from the beginning of the thirteenth century, although not expressly so stated in the decretals, the term censure became the equivalent of a certain class of ecclesiastical penalties, i.e., interdict, suspension, and excommunication. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
  • Four ancient bishops some 130 years ago censured those who said that the Son was a creature and not coessential with the Father.
  • A senior Democratic aide said it was virtually certain that Democrats would push for censure.
  • The idea would be that the risk of public censure would force governments to act in a more consistent long-term manner. Times, Sunday Times
  • If it be so then in words, which fly and ‘scape censure, and where one good Phrase asks pardon for many incongruities and faults, how then shall he be thought wise whose penning is thin and shallow? Less Than Words Can Say, Again « Unknowing
  • He assailed any attempt to single out only one country in the world for censure and abuse.
  • The opposition passed a vote of censure on the government.
  • Some, indeed, of belles lettres, poems, plays, or memoirs, he tossed indignantly aside, with the implied censure of ‘psha, ’ or ‘frivolous; ’ but the greater and bulkier part of the collection bore a very different character. Chapter XX
  • His son does not escape censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Pope excommunicated king and cabinet, and these repeated ecclesiastical censures muzzled any patriotic stirrings among the clergy.
  • Costs will have to be kept down if severe public censure is to be avoided.
  • Doug in MV: Marlene Barney couldn't beat Warren Geurin even after he was censured by his own School Board. The Future Is Now.
  • The junior-college level PT programs aim to train students becoming professional physical therapists and guide them to pass the therapist licensure exam.
  • Only Beckett seems to have escaped censure, because of his elegance and self-restraint.
  • It heaped censure on 'red herrings' being deployed by both campaigns. Times, Sunday Times
  • Though bawdy might be censured, it was never censored.
  • The traffic policeman censured the driver but didn't fine him.
  • He could face censure from his colleagues.
  • [EE] "He is a great derider of schollers and censures their steeple hats for not being set on so good a blocke as his. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters
  • Ministers were censured for their lack of decisiveness during the crisis.
  • He was censured by the council for leaking information to the press.
  • Funnily enough, there was no mention of him being censured in 2000 for obstructing an investigation into his donations. The Sun
  • Office of War Information "implicitly threatened to remove licensure from the Polish language radio stations in Detroit and Buffalo if they did not cease broadcasting the details of executions. The Fog Over Katyn Forest
  • He has been lauded as a solitary champion of liberty and censured as the absurd opponent of progress.
  • She is a main derider to her capacity of those that are not her preachers, and censures all sermons but bad ones. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters
  • Alabama state law allows licensure agencies to adopt and promulgate rules governing professional practices.
  • If nothing else, you can read the opinion to learn the difference between being "admonished" and being "censured. The Legal Underground:
  • The passion to know, in the face of censure and propriety, is what advances our understanding of the world. Bonk by Mary Roach: Book summary
  • He avoided censure through his reputation for being proved right and the certainty that he spoke in the general interest - not his own. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is not a "first-nighter," who, by the light of the midnight oil, dips his mighty pen in the ink which is to seal on to-morrow's broad-sheet, as he proudly imagines, the professional fate of the artists who are submitted for his censure or his praise. Mary Anderson
  • As for his other Comedies, Staple of News, Devil's an Ass, and the rest, if they be not so sprightful and vigorous as his first pieces, all that are old will, and all that desire to be old, should excuse him therein; and therefore let the Name of Ben Johnson sheild them against whoever shall think fit to be severe in censure against them. The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets
  • Throughout Damascene society, broken promises brought shame, dishonor, and various forms of ostracism and censure.
  • As a result, the country faces international censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • Enforcement proceedings could lead to public censure, bans from working in financial services or fines. Times, Sunday Times
  • GACVS will review in detail the post-licensure safety data of the vaccine at its June 2004 meeting.
  • _] A stithy is the smith's shop, as stith is the anvil.] [Footnote III. 64: _In censure of his seeming. Hamlet
  • Meanwhile he had been recalled to Adelaide and summoned before a Royal Commission where he was censured and criticized.
  • St. Bonaventure remarks, that this animal, by the respect it manifested during the celebration of the Sacred Mysteries, taught the Christians the deep reverence with which they ought to assist at Mass, and at the same time passed a deserved censure on those who are irreverent or indevout during its celebration. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • This activity meets Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward relicensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Undefined
  • Sanctions for violating the Circular include a private reprimand, censure, suspension or disbarment from practice before the IRS.
  • Some journalists also deserve censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • The immigration issues that we have raised in this censure motion do not stop there.
  • The senator walked slowly around the apparatus, his expression betraying no sign of censure or approval. Asimov's Science Fiction
  • The companies and individuals facing censure can appeal against the disciplinary action. Times, Sunday Times
  • “Not of refusal or expostulation — that time is gone by,” said her stern censurer. Saint Ronan's Well
  • His son does not escape censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • Some women had wildly adored him, and for his sake had braved all social censure.
  • The opposition passed a vote of censure on the government.
  • His Hoover is more to be censured than pitied, an obsessive-compulsive creep with the vocal rhythms of a ball-peen hammer and a gimlet-eyed gift for blackmail. 'J. Edgar': Hoover's Life, in a Dramatic Vacuum
  • Savages, Mr. Hartland says in a censure of my theory, are "guiltless" of The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological
  • China, which prides itself in its trade with the U.S., is the favorite target of disapproval and censure.
  • A licensure examination tests more than technical knowledge, although that is a large part of it.
  • I'm surprised that the council leader has had no word of censure for the embarrassment caused to his administration for this abuse of office.
  • Funnily enough, there was no mention of him being censured in 2000 for obstructing an investigation into his donations. The Sun
  • The particular personal interdict, which is a real censure, affects individuals much in the same way as excommunication. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
  • The Opposition plan to put down a censure motion on the Government's handling of the affair.
  • But he could hardly escape censure. The Times Literary Supplement
  • House Republican Conference rules prohibit a censured lawmaker from being a committee chairman or holding a leadership post.
  • House Republican Conference rules prohibit a censured lawmaker from being a committee chairman or holding a leadership post.
  • The National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, which polices the Nasdaq exchange, has censured and fined several brokers in a clampdown on initial public offerings.
  • Tammy Bruce was censured by the feminist elite for saying she did not want to deal with a bunch of black women.
  • From the moment their grans pop the first illicit chocolate button in their drooling mouths, children are hooked, and parental censure only sharpens their appetite.
  • One day later, the IAEA "censured" Iran for failing to play nicely with others. Frayed Nerves, Short Tempers
  • Training and licensure requirements have been used to describe occupation requirements using a number of different approaches.
  • Public censure should be reserved largely for those who pulled the trigger. Times, Sunday Times
  • Show no public censure for your dying elephant, either. THROWING THE ELEPHANT
  • Dr Lederman accepted his censure, reprimand and a £2,777 fine, documents show.
  • Catholic religion that she put to death in various ways a hundred thousand men accused of Manichæism — “this being,” says the modest continuator of Echard, “the most impious, the most detestable, the most dangerous, the most abominable of all heresies, for ecclesiastical censures were weapons of no avail against men who acknowledged not the church.” A Philosophical Dictionary
  • In football, one of the most prominent figures in the game can use a racial insult without any meaningful censure from his club. Times, Sunday Times
  • His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.
  • State Board of Cosmetology requirements for graduation and application for licensure, which is required to practice as a professional esthetician in Georgia, and other states. PRWeb - Daily News Feed
  • The whigs, now the ruling party, having united with the tories in order to bring about the revolution had so much deference for their new allies, as not to insist that the crown should be declared forfeited on account of the king's maleadministration: such a declaration, they thought, would imply too express a censure of the old tory principles, and too open a preference of their own. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.
  • Nowhere in the rescript is the agitation as a system, or repeal as a demand, censured; but some reported violence of speech is disapproved. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848
  • House Republican Conference rules prohibit a censured lawmaker from being a committee chairman or holding a leadership post.
  • “You talk like Arbuckle used to talk,” Haggin censured. CHAPTER II
  • was censured for unprofessional conduct
  • Rep. I am persuaded that nothing but an acquaintedness with the condition of the times wherein we live can afford me sanctuary from the censure of the reader to be lavish of precious hours, in considering and transcribing such canting lines as these last repeated. The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
  • Why is it a manly diversion to bully others whereas sexual deviation is unmanly and deserving of moral and criminal censure?
  • Violation of that license board may result in censure or reprimand or license revocation. Think Progress » GOP Rep. John Fleming On Doctor Saying He Will Refuse Care To Obama Voters: ‘I Applaud What He Said And Did’
  • Only a very small subset of engineers obtain licensure. India and the U.S., Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • There are lawyers who admitted to taking their clients money, and yet they receive no censure, nor have their licence lifted to practice law.
  • Since when should an MP be censured for saying something that is offensive to some portion of society?
  • He may have been censured by public opinion, but if that is the gauge, where does it stop? Times, Sunday Times
  • Behind his back I have never heard him praised without joining the eulogist; I have never heard a word spoken against him without opposing the censurer. An Autobiography
  • A vote of censure, with a stern warning attached, ought to suffice.
  • For nothing is more disgraceful or more unpleasant than slander that recoils on the person who sets it in motion; for as the reflection of light seems most to injure weak eyes, so does censure when it recoils on the censurer, and is borne out by the facts. Plutarch's Morals
  • The manager was severely censured for negligence.
  • It is an act of vandalism for which the party deserves censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • In this instance a football club was appealing to the Football Association after a commission had fined the directors and severely censured the club for misconduct.
  • Mass, and at the same time passed a deserved censure on those who are irreverent or indevout during its celebration. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • Know the state's nursing law and follow regulations before you are hauled before the board on a licensure issue.
  • In your answer to the third question, have you sufficiently expressed the accountableness of churches mutually, in case of offence from maladministration and church censures? Life of Dr Owen
  • Maroney had become such a favorite that nearly all the citizens sympathized with him, and in unmeasured terms censured the company for having him arrested. The Expressman and the Detective
  • While the cavalcade were getting to horse, Sir William Ashton, a man of peace and of form, censured his son Henry for having begirt himself with a military sword of preposterous length, belonging to his brother, Colonel Ashton. The Bride of Lammermoor
  • In other circumstances one might expect the uncertainties of a power transfer to encourage a dictatorship to keep its head down and avoid international censure. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is a controversial policy which has attracted international censure.
  • Enforcement proceedings could lead to public censure, bans from working in financial services or fines. Times, Sunday Times
  • He avoided censure through his reputation for being proved right and the certainty that he spoke in the general interest - not his own. Times, Sunday Times
  • It long remained a popular favourite in the theatre, its verve, bustle and wit, utterly defiant of the modest Josephs and qualmy prudes who censured these lively scenes. A Memoir of Mrs. Behn
  • Right-wing parties tabled a motion of censure against the government.
  • In other circumstances one might expect the uncertainties of a power transfer to encourage a dictatorship to keep its head down and avoid international censure. Times, Sunday Times

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