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express strong disapproval of
We condemn the racism in South Africa
These ideas were reprobated -
censure severely
She chastised him for his insensitive remarks
How To Use objurgate In A Sentence
- But the boy Mohammed being by me objurgated-for I remarked in him a jaunty demeanour combined with neglectfulness of ceremonies-saluted it sulkily, muttering the while hints about the holiness of his birthplace exempting him from the trouble of stooping. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
- The epistolary art is said to be especially feminine, and the novelists and essayists are full of compliments to the sex, which is alternately praised and objurgated, as man feels well or ill. Manners and Social Usages
- In ‘The high cost of low prices’, you objurgate the chain store for its business practices.
- And I will objurgate and distance myself from any of my fellow countrymen and women who do so
- But I highly objurgate (word of the day calendars are wonderful things) his stealing my boyfriend's song.
- Listen to reason, won't you?" he objurgated, as, this time, the reason he referred to was the introduction of the ring clear through both nostrils, higher up, and through the central dividing wall of cartilage. CHAPTER XXXIII
- After this wise reflection, he objurgated the sailor-man, but the latter wanted to know if he wasn't to make any profit out of his stern and his mid-ships, as well as his bow, and he objurgated back with such force that Mr.P. gave him no further attention, but, turning to the interlopers, he said: Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870
- Four of his fellow-passengers followed, inspired by his example, ready to explore, to objurgate, to resist, to submit, to proceed, according as their prime factor might be inclined to sway them. Heart of the West [Annotated]
- Thus objurgated, Yasmela allowed the girl to garb her in the light sleeveless silk shirt, over which was slipped a silken tunic, bound at the waist by a wide velvet girdle. The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian
- It would be my advice to persons situated in this way, to not roll or thrash around, because this excites the interest of all the different sorts of animals and makes every last one of them want to turn out and see what is going on, and this makes things worse than they were before, and of course makes you objurgate harder, too, if you can. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court