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Pilloried meaning

simple past and past participle of pillory

Using Pilloried

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of pillory
  • In the example corpus, pilloried often appears in combinations such as: pilloried for, been pilloried, was pilloried.

Context around Pilloried

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

journalists 1× mercilessly 1× get 1× multiculturalism 1× frequently 1×

Sentence patterns with Pilloried

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

and even pilloried his most 1× are being pilloried for it 1× are frequently pilloried for a 1× defence was pilloried as the 1× designs was pilloried for reintroducing 1× exiled and pilloried over and 1× greenwashing is pilloried because it 1× has been pilloried 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

back in 2017 1× equally greenwashing is 1× four days later 1× he has cast 1× in the four 1× journalists pilloried the 1×

Common sentence endings:

audience see coming 1× by his backers 1× city hall reporter 1× collection for valentino 1× for dropping kane 1× for my views 1×

Words around Pilloried

Just before it in the word index:

pillon 2 pillman 31 pillion 26 pilling 20 pilley 3 pillette 2

Just after it in the word index:

pillory 14 pillow 375 pillowcase 33 pillowcases 25 pillowman 2 pillows 224

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbe 37 abdollahian 37 abergavenny 37 abeyance 37 abounded 37 acetylene 37

Corpus analysis for Pilloried

  • In this selection, "pilloried" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, journalists, mercilessly and get stand out and add context to how "pilloried" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and even pilloried his most and are being pilloried for it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pilloried" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pilloried

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

Lose in Athens and Carsley would have been pilloried for dropping Kane. (12 words)

I’m a TV presenter who’s been pilloried on social media. (12 words)

And they are frequently pilloried for a lack of involvement in current affairs. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Four days later, with the scandal still raging, Mr Johnson returned to be pilloried in the Commons once again, an occasion in which Ms Dorries again went viral, this time for beaming admiringly at her wounded Galahad from the frontbenches. (40 words)

Back in 2017, when Japan’s finances were in much better shape than today, any request that it stump up a greater contribution to the cost of its defence was pilloried as the height of fiscal irresponsibility. (37 words)

She also supported Mr. Duterte’s attempts to muzzle an independent press and even pilloried his most courageous critic, the news website Rappler, which has become a target of arrests and dozens of lawsuits by his backers. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Back in 2017, when Japan’s finances were in much better shape than today, any request that it stump up a greater contribution to the cost of its defence was pilloried as the height of fiscal irresponsibility.

Equally, greenwashing is pilloried because it makes it harder for investors to assess the underlying risks to a firm’s future profitability.

Four days later, with the scandal still raging, Mr Johnson returned to be pilloried in the Commons once again, an occasion in which Ms Dorries again went viral, this time for beaming admiringly at her wounded Galahad from the frontbenches.

I've been cautious about this name for a while, and have been pilloried by readers in the comments section for my views.

Journalists pilloried the new beat, noting mass layoffs across the industry were leaving entire communities without an investigative or city hall reporter.

Scotland’s culinary nous (or lack of) is mercilessly pilloried in a punchline no one (except perhaps the Scots in the audience) see coming.

The San Francisco Fed, which is responsible for supervising lenders in much of the western US, has been pilloried for failing to adequately monitor the bank and order it to take corrective action.

They have been consistently raising concerns publicly since the 2015 World Cup and have been exiled and pilloried over and over again.

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Lose in Athens and Carsley would have been pilloried for dropping Kane.

Mr. Michele, once widely for infusing eccentricity and romanticism into his Gucci designs, was pilloried for reintroducing those very traits in his inaugural collection for Valentino.

The 76-year-old activist said that politics in Dublin is moving to the right and the working class are being “pilloried for it”.

The more-powerful-than-a-PlayStation 4 Xbox Series S with an SSD has been pilloried by devs and customers alike for holding back gaming.

Unfortunately, we get pilloried for favoring solar and wind over coal and get charged for favoring coal over renewable energy.

He has cast doubt on Kyncl’s research and declared that Lidice has been “pilloried”.

I’m a TV presenter who’s been pilloried on social media.

In the Four Corners program on climate change and politics (ABC TV, 18/5) the Greens have been pilloried for not voting for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.

Prince Charles was more concerned about protecting the reputation of Bruno Sprecher, whom he feared would be pilloried by the media for recklessly leading them to disaster.

She also supported Mr. Duterte’s attempts to muzzle an independent press and even pilloried his most courageous critic, the news website Rappler, which has become a target of arrests and dozens of lawsuits by his backers.

The Trudeauism in question is the horror of multiculturalism, pilloried for being the cause of a loss of a specific cultural identity for Québécois.

And they are frequently pilloried for a lack of involvement in current affairs.

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Common combinations with pilloried

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "pilloried" mean?
Pilloried means: simple past and past participle of pillory
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