Sentence examples for criticism argued that from inspiring English sources

The Rev. Robert Edgar, a former Democratic congressman who is general secretary of the National Council of Churches, an ecumenical alliance that is dominated by the mainline churches and is a principal target of the institute's criticism, argued that it spoke for only about a third of mainline churchgoers.

In the backlash, one strain of criticism argued that Clinton was under fire because she's a woman. .

Mr. Bharara bristles at such criticism, arguing that his office has brought many mortgage-fraud charges.

Mr. Rumsfeld dismissed such criticism, arguing that early versions could be effective even if imperfect.

Metallica have defended themselves from criticism, arguing that  "the fact that everybody's got an opinion means people still care".

The town and village justices have reacted furiously to criticism, arguing that criticism of their courts was an attack on democracy.

At a Capitol Hill news conference, the House speaker, John Boehner, rejected Rice's criticism, arguing that a "bad deal" with Iran would be destructive.

Some Republicans defended themselves against the criticism, arguing that the bill had been filled with "pork" that had little to do with Sandy relief.

The president has hit back at the criticism, arguing that people should not be penalised for happening to live near him.

However, he also suggested that enacting it would not quell conservative criticism, arguing that it would be even better to hold suspects like Mr. Shahzad as military detainees for lengthier interrogation.

"There are too many new entrants," said Sevanti Ninan, the editor of The Hoot, a Web site devoted to media criticism, arguing that even the big players "are financially vulnerable".