inveigh against
phrasal verb
inveighed against; inveighing against; inveighs against
formal
: to protest or complain about (something or someone) very strongly
Employees inveighed against mandatory overtime.
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The kids on the school bus are all twiddling away at their handheld Mattel Electronic Football games and the Health-Ed teacher spends much of the period before lunch inveighing against the dangers of Quaaludes.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Even Biden’s inveighing against Trump’s threats to democracy had grown a little stale.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
Schwan and his neighbors pledged support for more affordable housing but continued to inveigh against cheaper homes being built nearby.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
When inveighing against migrants, for example, Trump argued that the groups hurt most by immigration are Blacks and Hispanics.
—Ben Adler, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
Many have refused to budge even as Iraqi leaders inveigh against the United States to try to regain their flagging popularity.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2020
Every altar had an American flag on it; Elizabeth habitually inveighed against the evils of Communism in her dictations and lectures.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Having inveighed against White House plans to aid the Ukrainian war effort and to either force a sale of TikTok or ban it, Trump watched as Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House, helped propel both proposals into law.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2024
At the animal-welfare movement’s outset, some of the same people and groups who inveighed against horse beatings and dog drownings also fought the annihilation of bison and birds.
—Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Even Biden’s inveighing against Trump’s threats to democracy had grown a little stale.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
Schwan and his neighbors pledged support for more affordable housing but continued to inveigh against cheaper homes being built nearby.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
When inveighing against migrants, for example, Trump argued that the groups hurt most by immigration are Blacks and Hispanics.
—Ben Adler, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
Many have refused to budge even as Iraqi leaders inveigh against the United States to try to regain their flagging popularity.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2020
Every altar had an American flag on it; Elizabeth habitually inveighed against the evils of Communism in her dictations and lectures.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Having inveighed against White House plans to aid the Ukrainian war effort and to either force a sale of TikTok or ban it, Trump watched as Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House, helped propel both proposals into law.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2024
At the animal-welfare movement’s outset, some of the same people and groups who inveighed against horse beatings and dog drownings also fought the annihilation of bison and birds.
—Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
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