Sentence examples similar to soft censure from inspiring English sources

But the censure was mild.

France's "soft power" as a land of high culture, deep history and refined taste, has largely protected it from censure for shallow reasoning and crude bigotry.

Luong said that Uzbekistan's Karimov, a former member of the Soviet Politburo, reportedly has been putting pressure on the "softest" leader in the region, Kyrgyzstan President Askar A. Akayev, to toughen up lest Akayev attract Western censure to his neighbors by his democratic example.

Facing Congressional censure, Benjamin resigned.

Praise or censure?

Chelsea face censure.

Agnew was despised by most Democrats and sometimes drew censure even from Republicans, as he did for accusing Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic Party candidate for president in 1968, of being "soft on communism".

The strategy provoked widespread censure.

IMPEACHMENT, censure or resignation?

Congress should censure Nunes.

Again, no censure.