The editorial was an excoriation of the mayor's policies. From LearnThat.org.
I expected a no-holds barred, personal excoriation. From Wordnik.com. [David Rees: Cormac Ignatieff's "The Road"] Reference
But there is a fine line between self-criticism and self-excoriation. From Wordnik.com. [Who Stole the American Spirit?] Reference
A variety called hepatic dysentery, however, lacks the intestinal excoriation. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century] Reference
In the next issue of my magazine, National Review, I published a 5,000-word excoriation of Welch. From Wordnik.com. [Goldwater, the John Birch Society and Me] Reference
“I have had several letters,” he wrote to Professor Edwin Mims, of Trinity College, North Carolina, “about an 'excoriation' (Great Heavens!. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Letters of Walter H Page]
During the progress of the cure a little excoriation formed round the eschar. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers] Reference
So, for your enjoyment and/or excoriation, here are this week's talking points. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [104] -- Washington Frenzy] Reference
So what makes this comment so special as to be worthy of nationwide excoriation?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up.] Reference
Update: Here's the T-P coverage, and here's Wonkette's excoriation of "Diaperman". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
Urso: So what makes this comment so special as to be worthy of nationwide excoriation?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up.] Reference
Meantime, the Administration deserves excoriation every time it uses this sneak-on tactic. From Wordnik.com. ['Sneak-ons', Muhlenberg funding, Comcast review, Jerry & Sharon chill out in the Poconos..] Reference
“Wait,” I said, pulling back, confused by Renee™s simultaneous praise and excoriation. From Wordnik.com. [Ms Longshot]
Individuals can be picked out for excoriation and scorn, they're on the Left and on the Right. From Wordnik.com. [Democrazy.] Reference
In two days more, the eschars were adherent, and there was no further appearance of excoriation. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers] Reference
They could not wait to announce to the press that any opening was a excoriation of her testimony. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Orrin Hatch: Loose Lips On Surveillance] Reference
Her excoriation of John McCain will only feed a sense among Republicans that he can't be trusted. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Coulter: Hillary will be more conservative and stronger on the war on terror than McCain] Reference
Dysentery is a flux of the bowels with a sanguinolent discharge and excoriation of the intestines. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century] Reference
But, a picture of you wearing a floral slip dress is directly across from the excoriation of them. From Wordnik.com. [Retail therapy] Reference
Or perhaps it could be that, as with all attention seekers, excoriation is better than being ignored. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I think their absurd public excoriation of the very honorable Richardson shows the kind of people they are. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Camp Source: Richardson Said Obama Can't Win] Reference
You'll note that I wrote: "What should be of greater concern" in reference to the excoriation of "wingnuts". From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Camp Hits Back At Obama Over Novak Flap] Reference
What followed in the weeks and months following this media excoriation opened my eyes to a disturbing truth. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Robbins: Our Better Adult] Reference
It was an excoriation that he gave these lynchings, and the neglect of the authorities to do anything about it. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Broadus Mitchell, August 14 and 15, 1977. Interview B-0024. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
All the moreso when the excoriation is mostly based on what one wears, mannerisms and assumptions of lifestyle?. From Wordnik.com. [It's not unusual to hear US citizens address the often inebriated lunatic in their White House as 'Commander-in-Chief'] Reference
He recited a litany of self-excoriation, he rehearsed all his failures of the day, until at last he was exhausted. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Son]
Diarrhoea is a simple flux of the bowels, without either the sanguinolent discharges or the intestinal excoriation. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century] Reference
As the tea party movement echoes that excoriation, Inouye's unabashed advocacy for bring-home-the-bacon governance is jarring. From Wordnik.com. [In history of Hawaiian leaders, Daniel Inouye stands alone] Reference
FDR followed his excoriation of the "money changers" by noting "they have no vision and where there is no vision, the people perish.". From Wordnik.com. [The Obama Moment: Come and Gone?] Reference
Since he's telling the truth I expect a full excoriation treatment from the Limbaugh/Hannity wing and their mouthpiece Michael Steele. From Wordnik.com. [Voinovich: The GOP's 'being taken over by Southerners'] Reference
I applied the lunar caustic upon each ulcer, but not over the excoriation, and I enjoined the patient to leave the whole exposed to dry. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers] Reference
I would simply ask, what is the difference between a "knowledge-centered critique of ideas" and a "mean-spirited and bitter excoriation"?. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Salerno on The Austrian Movement - The Austrian Economists] Reference
You're branded for life as a bleeding-heart liberal, a Castro-commie or some other excoriation unworthy even of a flea-ridden mongrel dog. From Wordnik.com. [November 23 may well go down in history as Venezuela's 'Night of the Chamelions' when true colors are struck to the mast] Reference
And, to his credit, the recipient of that advice, Al Gore, did put his humiliation and excoriation at the hands of the righties behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Carrying A Grudge] Reference
The next time I spoke with the Redstone adviser, in early September, he all but jumped through the phone in a full-throated excoriation of Geffen. From Wordnik.com. [Showdown at Fort Sumner] Reference
Director Terry Zwigoff's excoriation of the Christmas spirit proved just what the box office needed, and the movie racked up more than three times its budget in the U.S. alone. From Wordnik.com. [DVD's, Videos, TiVo, Downloadables] Reference
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