The stunt earned her the scorn of her censorious older sister. I was surprised by the censorious tone of the book review.

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The result has been a generation of creatives who are more censorious and judgmental than their forebears. Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "The Pioneering Morality of Raven Leilani’s Luster," 11 Aug. 2020

New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait has been warning for five years that the left is on a censorious path. Shikha Dalmia, TheWeek, "Cancel culture and conservative glass houses," 10 Aug. 2020

Despite his claims to support free expression, Facebook has notoriously and enthusiastically executed the censorious wishes of authoritarian governments around the world. Siva Vaidhyanathan, Wired, "Mark Zuckerberg Believes Only in Mark Zuckerberg," 3 June 2020

Congress should require American studios to disclose whether a film has been altered in any way to meet the approval of China’s censorious regime. Jonah Goldberg, National Review, "How to Counter Chinese Pressure on Hollywood," 29 Apr. 2020

Representatives from First Liberty were equally censorious of Simmons. Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, "New religious liberty battle: Drive-in church services versus pandemic lockdowns," 15 Apr. 2020

Young staffers on liberal political campaigns often display the slightly censorious cheerfulness of a resident-hall adviser, but the Warren organizers possessed a hawkeyed attention to detail and the essential American energy of malaria eradicators. Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker, "What Happened to Elizabeth Warren?," 14 Feb. 2020

Ask about the cause, however, and the accord dissolves in a mess of accusations: against socialist Democrats, racist Republicans, censorious Silicon Valley or nativist Fox News. The Economist, "Original sin How to fix the design flaws in American democracy," 18 Jan. 2020

The festival has its roots in a competition that began in the 17th century to ensure quality wines from the region, with a grading system that often got censorious — with some winegrowers who didn’t pass muster all but shunned. Jamey Keaten, chicagotribune.com, "Swiss celebrate once-in-a-generation winegrowers’ fest," 24 July 2019

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