Explore Censured through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like punished or condemned. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Censured meaning
Having been blamed or criticized for wrongdoing.
Synonyms of Censured
Using Censured
- The main meaning on this page is: Having been blamed or criticized for wrongdoing.
- Useful related words include: punished, condemned, disapproved.
- In the example corpus, censured often appears in combinations such as: censured by, censured for, be censured.
Context around Censured
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Censured
- In this selection, "censured" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unanimously, severely, six, 420, jacobs and chief stand out and add context to how "censured" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been publicly censured for actions and city council censured jacobs and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "censured" sits close to words such as abattoir, agi and agitations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with censured
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Eesti Päevaleht, one of the two publications censured by the press council. (12 words)
On Tuesday, Turner was censured for this by a resounding 81-19 vote. (13 words)
Unlike Shealy and Gustafson, Senn hasn't been censured by her local Republican parties. (14 words)
While the players Reuters spoke to said they do not gamble, Chinese officials have been censured in the past for receiving bribes through the playing of card games or the traditional tile pastime of mahjong. (35 words)
City were fined and censured by the Scottish League and in the rematch, in front of a legal capacity crowd of 3500, Jack’s men twice equalised before succumbing to a 6-2 loss. (34 words)
Club sources have indicated Greene was internally censured for that ugly, prolonged grapple with the Western Bulldogs star, but has not been for the Neale incident because it has been viewed in another light. (34 words)
How about the late Rep. Gerry Studds, the serial pederast (fired by St. Paul’s School, then censured 420-3 by his fellow Congressmen for sodomizing an underage male page)? (30 words)
Why were the ‘September Six’ censured by the LDS Church and where are they now? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
After an Ethics Committee probe concerning money he got for book royalties and federal reimbursements for stays in a Minneapolis condo, he was unanimously censured by the Senate.
How about the late Rep. Gerry Studds, the serial pederast (fired by St. Paul’s School, then censured 420-3 by his fellow Congressmen for sodomizing an underage male page)?
On Tuesday, Turner was censured for this by a resounding 81-19 vote.
The ministry claims to be Catholic but was severely censured by the late Pope Benedict XVI because of its heterodox views on the intrinsic sinfulness of homosexual acts.
The SEC warned accounting firms working as crypto “auditors” to be careful how their reports are marketed, lest they be censured or suspended.
Unlike Shealy and Gustafson, Senn hasn't been censured by her local Republican parties.
While the players Reuters spoke to said they do not gamble, Chinese officials have been censured in the past for receiving bribes through the playing of card games or the traditional tile pastime of mahjong.
Why were the ‘September Six’ censured by the LDS Church and where are they now?
A Clark County District Court Judge, Erika Ballou, has been publicly censured for actions that violated Nevada’s judicial conduct rules, following her inappropriate social media activities.
City were fined and censured by the Scottish League and in the rematch, in front of a legal capacity crowd of 3500, Jack’s men twice equalised before succumbing to a 6-2 loss.
He censured the Supreme Court’s verdict and said: “Akbar S Babar wanted to be summoned as a PTI founding member.
Responding to the report, Reform UK London mayoral candidate Howard Cox said: “This ultra Left-wing council should be censured for their needless discriminatory behaviour against private businesses.
The City Council censured Jacobs and removed her from all boards and commissions, and also passed two resolutions calling on her to resign.
You will recall that Bowman was charged by the DC Attorney General for falsely pulling a fire alarm in Congress and he went on to be censured for it in December.
Because there is no specific punishment for the sections of the code Oh violated, the committee recommended that he be censured by his fellow senators to make clear their disapproval of his conduct.
If the Senate censured Trump, that would make matters worse for the president by undermining his claim that the whole thing was a partisan hoax.
Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh State Assembly, Ram Govind Chaudhury, censured Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and accused him of unleashing a reign of terror and fear in the state.
Yet McCarthy fell as quickly as he rose (he was censured by the Senate in 1954 and died in drunken obscurity in 1957).
Club sources have indicated Greene was internally censured for that ugly, prolonged grapple with the Western Bulldogs star, but has not been for the Neale incident because it has been viewed in another light.
Eesti Päevaleht, one of the two publications censured by the press council.
Common combinations with censured
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- censured by 13×
- censured for 10×
- be censured 10×
- was censured 5×
- censured or 4×
- been censured 4×
- censured the 3×
- and censured 2×
- council censured 2×
- censured but 2×