The phrase "reproaches made" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation in which someone is being criticized or scolded, either directly or indirectly. Example: "The meeting was filled with reproaches made towards the CEO for her poor leadership skills."
The worst reproach made against him is that he did nothing to discourage the use of the "question prealable", which was the poorest level on which EDC could be decided.
Similarly inspired is the casting of Sean Penn as the magazine's star photo-journalist, Sean Connellell, bullishly muscling his way through warzones like the voice of Mitty's self-reproach made manifest.
While Paine was visiting an aunt in Kent, Pitt had a writ issued against J.S. Jordan, Paine's publisher, prosecuting him for seditious libel a crime based on the concept that the executive was beyond reproach, that made it illegal to criticise the government.
It used to be that only a certified virgin, a nun in a habit, or a matron "above reproach" could make a rape charge stick, and — plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose — that still seems to be the case.
Created by Massoud Hassani, an Afghan, as a student project at Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Mine Kafon would seem above reproach: it's made inexpensively of recycled materials; it's powered by a renewable energy source, the wind; it promises to save lives; it can be easily repaired when damaged; and with its resemblance to a fluffy dandelion, it's a visual poem.
Frontline workers suggested that the head of the hospital did not commend them for good work done, but was quick to reproach (insult) workers who made mistakes.
I think that there is no doubt that much remains to be done, but we have nothing to reproach ourselves for, having made a leap which I would describe as nothing less than spectacular in some sectors.
And although I could barely see the wet glint of his eye, his gaze seemed absent of reproach — and that realisation almost made me weep.
The diplomatic reproach, which has not been made public, was delivered to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at a late-night meeting nearly three weeks ago and comes after two years of public praise from Washington for her support in the Bush administration's campaign against terrorism.
Here at least Sum 41 are beyond reproach; whatever you make of their ugly, futile blare, they know how to keep it coming.
