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Wondering how to use Censorious in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as critical.

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Censorious in a sentence

Censorious meaning

  1. Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
  2. Implying or expressing censure.
  3. Tending to engage in or support censorship.

Synonyms of Censorious

critical

Related words

Other words often associated with Censorious or its synonyms:

uncritical nitpicking faultfinding hypercritical crucial quibbling carping noncritical pettifogging important

Using Censorious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. | Implying or expressing censure. | Tending to engage in or support censorship.
  • Useful related words include: critical.
  • In the example corpus, censorious often appears in combinations such as: censorious and.

Context around Censorious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

humorless 1× supposedly 1× overly 1×

Often after:

students 1× progressives 1× practices 1× hand 1×

Sentence patterns with Censorious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are supposedly censorious of the 1× being overly censorious 1× company s censorious practices end 1× deal with censorious students but 1× from the censorious hand of 1× same humorless censorious and unforgiving 1× she was censorious and vague 1× speech against censorious progressives 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at the republican 1× section 230 is 1× there is little 1× this flourishing commercial 1× we ll see 1×

Common sentence endings:

against censorious progressives 1× being overly censorious 1× him the jerk 1× of ecclesiastical authority 1× pitching price controls 1× right to protest 1×

Words around Censorious

Just before it in the word index:

censorinus 3 censoring 73 censorial 11 censoriae 3 censori 34 censored 196

Just after it in the word index:

censors 146 censorship 656 censurable 3 censure 148 censured 53 censures 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abdelkader 12 abdomens 12 abdou 12

Corpus analysis for Censorious

  • In this selection, "censorious" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, humorless, supposedly, overly, students, progressives and practices stand out and add context to how "censorious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are supposedly censorious of the and being overly censorious. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "censorious" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with censorious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

We’ll see whether his company’s censorious practices end up making him THE jerk. (15 words)

Section 230 is a funky little rule that encourages sites to both moderate what is posted avoid being overly censorious. (20 words)

There is little if any reporting on sudden deaths recently, even though some Hollywood whores are supposedly censorious of the bioweapon injection. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

This is why, in recent years, Brits have suffered the strange spectacle of a government that laments “cancel culture” and appoints a “free speech tsar” to deal with censorious students, but cracks down on the right to protest. (38 words)

He should be dancing a jig, were it not for the fact that pretty much anywhere that he does ultimately get a job is likely to present him with the same humorless, censorious, and unforgiving Leftist environment. (37 words)

Whereas she was hard-hitting and specific in describing Mr. Trump’s failed tariff policy, she was censorious and vague in pitching price controls. (24 words)

Example sentences (8)

He should be dancing a jig, were it not for the fact that pretty much anywhere that he does ultimately get a job is likely to present him with the same humorless, censorious, and unforgiving Leftist environment.

There is little if any reporting on sudden deaths recently, even though some Hollywood whores are supposedly censorious of the bioweapon injection.

This is why, in recent years, Brits have suffered the strange spectacle of a government that laments “cancel culture” and appoints a “free speech tsar” to deal with censorious students, but cracks down on the right to protest.

Whereas she was hard-hitting and specific in describing Mr. Trump’s failed tariff policy, she was censorious and vague in pitching price controls.

At the Republican National Convention, the topic du jour was "cancel culture" and Republicans' supposed defense of free speech against censorious progressives.

Section 230 is a funky little rule that encourages sites to both moderate what is posted avoid being overly censorious.

We’ll see whether his company’s censorious practices end up making him THE jerk.

This flourishing commercial activity encouraged a culture relatively tolerant of the play of new ideas, sheltered from the censorious hand of ecclesiastical authority.

Common combinations with censorious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "censorious" in a sentence?
An example: "He should be dancing a jig, were it not for the fact that pretty much anywhere that he does ultimately get a job is likely to present him with the same humorless, censorious, and unforgiving Leftist environment." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "censorious" from authentic English texts.
What does "censorious" mean?
Censorious means: Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
What are synonyms of "censorious"?
Common synonyms of "censorious" include: critical.
How many example sentences with "censorious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "censorious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.