Examples of “excoriate” in a Sentence

verb To criticize someone very harshly.

• The tabloids branded him forevermore as the “love rat,” and Pasternak was excoriated for peddling mawkish fantasy. — Tina Brown, How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry (2022)
• The teacher continued to excoriate the student after his academic issues.
• Police are under pressure to accelerate the criminal investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire after an excoriating report found that companies operated with “systematic dishonesty” and that all 72 deaths were avoidable. — Robert Booth, Police under pressure to accelerate criminal investigation into Grenfell fire (2024)