Sentence examples for were rebuked for from inspiring English sources

If, as expected, censure is approved, Mr. Rangel will be the first member to receive such punishment since 1983, when two congressmen were rebuked for sexual misconduct with House pages.

They were rebuked for mistakes at the world's largest maker of personal computers, including the ousting of two chief executives in as many years and admissions that recent acquisitions are worth billions of dollars less than their purchase price.

Two of those charged have admitted wrongdoing and were rebuked for running afoul of a vague section of the law that forbids actions that might "raise suspicion among the public" that they were doing something illegal.

Mr. Gohmert was not so contrite after he and four other members of Congress were rebuked for co-signing a letter that questioned whether Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, was part of an evil conspiracy by Muslim extremists.

The writer's estate is notably strict on the preservation of these intentions, as director Deborah Warner and actor Fiona Shaw discovered in 1994 when they were rebuked for changing the moves in Footfalls, although Beckett's heirs later failed in attempts to prevent a female Waiting for Godot.

The British government was rebuked for providing funds to nonmilitant Salafi organizations.

Brutus, Julius Caesar's assassin, was rebuked for charging a rate of 48% when the legal limit was 12%.

But he was rebuked for the call by foreign policy experts, who raised concerns about his propensity to behave unpredictably.

After Ball had been rebuked for showing dissent he took part in one of England's more effective attacks.

Were a politician to write such documents today, he would be rebuked for "imposing religion" on his fellow Americans.

At least two actresses, including Mary Tyler Moore, left their plays after being rebuked for not knowing their lines.