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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
censure .
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Examples
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I hope Representative Wilson gets censured from the House.
Wilson apologizes: 'I let my emotions get the best of me' 2009
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The absurdity here censured is singing songs to a heavy heart.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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“You talk like Arbuckle used to talk,” Haggin censured.
CHAPTER II 2010
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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 2004
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"You talk like Arbuckle used to talk," Haggin censured.
Chapter 2 1917
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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 Allan Pinkerton 1856
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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 David Wessel 2010
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One day later, the IAEA "censured" Iran for failing to play nicely with others.
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I maybe being obtuse, but I can't see where the BBC has 'censured' anyone.
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The word [nazaf (nun-zayin-fey)] "censured," "placed under ban," by a form of Rabbinical interpretation known as _notarikon_ (stenographer's method, abbreviation), is connected with the words of this verse in
Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers Joseph I. Gorfinkle
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