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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of inveigh.

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Examples

  • Unlike Romney, he inveighed at length against Obamacare and endorsed the effort to defund the legislation if it can't be repealed.

    John Thune at CPAC Jennifer Rubin 2011

  • All other thought, particularly that based on faith alone such as religion or mysticism is inveighed by this bias as poetic, empathic or something less in the hierarchy exalting science, technology, and logic over art.

    G. Roger Denson: In Taipei and Hong Kong, Emily Cheng Bridges Science and Faith G. Roger Denson 2011

  • He inveighed against taxing or otherwise controlling the bonuses received by the CEOs and senior managers of the bailed-out banks.

    Jeffrey Sachs: Paul Ryan, American Values and Corporatocracy Jeffrey Sachs 2011

  • Yet, though he inveighed against the size of the federal government, as ABC News also reports, that didn't stop Governor Perry from taking every federal dollar of stimulus money he could get his hands on.

    Jayne Lyn Stahl: Rick Perry and J.R. Ewing: Both Bad for Jobs Jayne Lyn Stahl 2011

  • The legislature inveighed against his position and the Republican party could not elect a successor even by repudiating his position in the heavily Republican year of 2002.

    Friedman Interview, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • When followers of Andrew Jackson inveighed against the Second Bank of the United States -- otherwise known as “the Monster Bank” -- they were up in arms against what they feared was the systematic monopolizing of financial resources by a politically privileged elite.

    Steve Fraser: The All-American Occupation Steve Fraser 2011

  • Smith inveighed against the current business model for film distribution and the industry marketing budgets he called "obscene" and announced that he would take his movie on the road himself.

    For some, stars align at Sundance Ann Hornaday 2011

  • C-SPAN presented former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's riveting speech to the House last night, in which she inveighed against Republicans and the proposed plan to cut $2 trillion from the deficit by, among other things, taking $1 trillion from spending programs.

    Jayne Lyn Stahl: The 'Entitlements' Folks Jayne Lyn Stahl 2011

  • When followers of Andrew Jackson inveighed against the Second Bank of the United States -- otherwise known as “the Monster Bank” -- they were up in arms against what they feared was the systematic monopolizing of financial resources by a politically privileged elite.

    Steve Fraser: The All-American Occupation Steve Fraser 2011

  • Yet, though he inveighed against the size of the federal government, as ABC News also reports, that didn't stop Governor Perry from taking every federal dollar of stimulus money he could get his hands on.

    Jayne Lyn Stahl: Rick Perry and J.R. Ewing: Both Bad for Jobs Jayne Lyn Stahl 2011

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