Sentence examples for sternly criticized from inspiring English sources

The state board sternly criticized tentative agreements Mr. Gulotta had reached with three unions for county police officers, detectives and correction officers.

The incursions were sternly criticized by Washington, which has tried to keep the Israeli-Palestinian conflict out of the limelight while it pursues its campaign in Afghanistan.

In 2008, Mr. Halloran sternly criticized the city's Buildings Department after it cited him for building a bathroom in the basement of his home without obtaining the required permits.

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said on Thursday that China would continue to help the European Union recover from its economic crisis even as he sternly criticized the bloc for maintaining an embargo on weapons sales to his country.

BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said on Thursday that China would continue to help the European Union recover from its economic crisis even as he sternly criticized the bloc for maintaining an embargo on weapons sales to his country.

Two days after Gov. George E. Pataki declared that he opposed any significant increase in property taxes as part of Nassau County's fiscal solution, the state comptroller sternly criticized his stance yesterday.

Mr. Murdoch's original post, written in the context of the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, asked, "Why is Jewish owned press so consistently anti-Israel in every crisis?" He followed up to write: " 'Jewish owned press' have been sternly criticized, suggesting link to Jewish reporters.

He sternly criticizes progressives for not taking their opponents' full measure.

No less chastening was the experience of watching Matt Drudge, in conversation with Brian Lamb the same day, sternly criticize Fox for cutting off the final moments of the Bush news conference for Paris Hilton's reality series.

According to executive producer and current showrunner Al Jean, Fox's request "upset" Canada, and a "sternly worded" editorial in The Toronto Star criticized the network's ways of promoting the episode.

Yet when he argued that racism played a role in the fevered responses to his leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat a few years back, he was sternly taken to task, just as he was criticized in some quarters for tweeting out a photo of his Miami Heat team donning hoodies in solidarity with the fallen black teen Trayvon Martin.