Sentence examples for stiff rebuke from inspiring English sources

Pro-government media, meanwhile, celebrated what they saw as a stiff rebuke to Russia.

The ruling, released today, can only be seen as a stiff rebuke to the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

But the agreement — the first of its kind for Aurora — drew stiff rebukes from opponents of hydraulic fracturing.

Equally hard to reconcile, in light of the stiff rebukes handed out by the board when public servants accept gratuities as trifling as free popcorn, was the five-page ruling issued in February allowing the police officer to have his wedding financed by Macy's.

Like Congressman Anthony Weiner's recent mad-as-hell-and-I'm-not-going-to-take -it-anymore YouTube outburst, Virginia's firm rebuke of this sci-blog demimonde is a stiff blast of cogency among thickets of toxic rhetoric masquerading as being above the hateful comment threads (that they are literally above).

The safety agency issued a strong rebuke.

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In an opinion article in his local newspaper, The Omaha World-Herald, Mr. Cain called instead for stiffer penalties for drunken driving — an argument that drew a pointed rebuke from Diane Riibe, a board member of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Meanwhile, their young composer, played by Gabriel Olds, has overheard his lover, a crisp and fizzy Christine Ebersole, in a flirty half-hearted rebuke of her former paramour and fellow scene-partner, an amusingly stiff and dandy Tony Roberts.

In the 90-minute debate, rather stiff arguments on issues alternated with more passionate exchanges about Mr. Torricelli's recent rebuke by the Senate Ethics Committee.

The larger the lead for Sanders, the bigger rebuke it will be for Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner who has suffered an unexpectedly stiff challenge from the self-proclaimed democratic socialist.