(1) Born in July 1954, Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne (his surname until he went to Oxford) has always been something of a Marmite politician, attracting both loyalty and affection, as well as brickbats and disdain.
(2) Fifty years later, Frostie, as his aristocratic nephews and nieces sometimes called him (his wife, Carina, was a daughter of the Duke of Norfolk), was still warding off brickbats from high-minded critics.
(3) All this, over a company – recently bought by Spotify , which may explain some of the brickbats - that’s trying to figure out new ways to harness “big data” to help people find more music that they like, and to swell the audiences of the artists making it.
(4) Brickbats are flung at the console's launch lineup: some decent exclusives, but also some flawed titles; the fact that it costs $100 more than Sony's PS4; the delayed ability to stream your gaming feats live using Twitch; and the lack of backwards compatibility with Xbox 360.
(5) Australia has so far been awarded the daily “fossil of the day” brickbat three times at the Warsaw summit.
(6) He has just taken a cherished, 1920s-set story, hot-wired it with Jay-Z and Lana Del Rey songs, and is now braced for the brickbats.
(7) In a 2014 article about the first season, Slate’s J Bryan Lowder wrote : “Straight critics and viewers seeking liberal cred will find an easy tool here; Looking is, after all, gay without any of the hard parts (dick included), gay that’s polite and comfortable and maybe a little titillating but definitely not all up in your face about it.” The week’s best new TV: Looking, BoJack Horseman and Vikings Read more Despite the brickbats, Looking was renewed for a second season, and matured into a layered portrait of contemporary gay friendships and relationships.
(8) Yes, he’s taken brickbats but he has delivered more Liberal Democrat policies to make us a stronger and fairer society than any previous Liberal leader for several generations.
(9) Finally Clarke's promise to be more "open" is also a change of tack for a retailer more used to letting brickbats bounce off its thick hide.
(10) With a CV that includes prominent roles with the Conservative party, Oxford University, the governorship of Hong Kong and the House of Lords, Lord Patten is no stranger to the life of intense scrutiny and brickbats faced by public figures.
(11) Top job New culture secretaries rarely attract brickbats, but even so the former Charterhouse head boy is a favourite of industry leaders.
(12) Dixon appeared alongside counterparts from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Deloitte and KPMG – each of them stoney-faced while taking a volley of brickbats from angry MPs of all parties for two and a half hours.
(13) Ever since he took on Rupert Murdoch he has believed he can rewrite the rules of politics No aspiring Labour prime minister, however gamely he shrugs off the brickbats, can afford to lose the support of business and the creative intelligentsia.
(14) Davie celebrated record audiences for BBC Radio 2 and its breakfast host Chris Evans, but the brickbats outweighed the bouquets with the corporation's controversial plan to close digital station BBC 6 Music.
(15) Dungeon Keeper (Free) Publisher EA is attracting a few brickbats from gamers unimpressed with its freemium strategy, but Dungeon Keeper is actually pretty good.
(16) It would be useful, though, if any brickbats lobbed at them weren’t made of sponge – if accusations aimed in their direction could be shown to be not merely in the public interest but factually true to boot.
(17) Maybe the next government, whatever the colour, will indulge in the same antics and suffer the same brickbats.
(18) Activists – for racial equality or gender or disability – perennially confront the same brickbats: you've a chip on your shoulder; you're special pleading, you're seeking special consideration.
(19) Given the brickbats and the sheer scale of the job, Crozier seems remarkably upbeat.
(20) But if Defra has attracted its share of ire, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has also suffered brickbats.
Scolding
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scold
() a. & n. from Scold, v.
Example Sentences:
(1) A previous trial into the safety and feasibility of using bone marrow stem cells to treat MS, led by Neil Scolding, a clinical neuroscientist at Bristol University, was deemed a success last year.
(2) But Britain, under Tony Blair, proved the equivalent of a disappointing parent, quick to scold and unwilling to listen.
(3) He recalled an incident at a Packers game a few years ago, when he stood up and vocally scolded a fan behind him who had called a Chicago Bears player a faggot.
(4) In 2012, despite the London Whale losses of around $6bn weighing on the bank, it again turned in record – even “triumphant” – profits of $24bn, although Dimon’s pay was halved to around $11m as a scold for the scandal.
(5) 'Maedchen One would never have wet on the floor like that,' my father would scold.
(6) "Here in the Vatican they scold me for being undisciplined but you can see what country I come from," he said – alluding, according to Ansa, to the scrum formed by the Argentinian players while the Italians formed a queue.
(7) Three years ago, Netanyahu was humiliated by Barack Obama with a public scolding to stop settlement expansion .
(8) Like Blair, he will be scolded for it by many activists.
(9) A senior policeman later referred to the scenes in some of its supermarkets as akin to a mini riot and scolded senior executives , arguing the force’s “scarce resources should not be used to bail out stores when they’ve not planned effectively”.
(10) Bernie Sanders, with the presidential gravitas of a toddler, first attempted to shout his usual stump speech over the protestors, and then scolded them for interrupting him and held what one could only describe as a mini public tantrum.
(11) Here's what Fiona Scolding, barrister at Hardwicke chambers, has to say.
(12) After being scolded by them for meeting the Dalai Lama in 2012, David Cameron vowed to “ turn the page ” and never repeat the mistake.
(13) Heading to their crowded dormitory after a night shift, several workers said pressure and the frequent scolding by management might be factors.
(14) Breaks are not breaks, they are allocated times in which we are allowed to be human, to smoke a cigarette, to wolf down a dry sandwich that at £1.25 feels expensive, to use the bathroom and still be scolded for being three minutes late.
(15) Fallen Muslim American soldier's father scolds Trump: 'have you even read the constitution?'
(16) One bearded man scolded his friends for speaking to the foreign press; others seemed to relish the attention, presenting themselves for detailed interviews about their brushes with the neighbour they never knew.
(17) Once or twice a week, without fail, the Restor children would gather around a laptop as Marilyn’s pixelated face appeared on Skype, scolding them about their homework and listening to their test results and friendship woes.
(18) "You're not what I think a woman should be," he scolds her, adding: "I don't like the way you look, sound or move."
(19) At one point, I fidget with my glasses so as to read the programme – Chloe swings round and throws me a stinging glance of reproach, like a seasoned concert-goer scolding a child – rather than the other way round.
(20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Louis van Gaal: Manchester United not at best against Chelsea – link to video Van Gaal was notably unenthused about his team’s performance, bemused to hear them being praised on television, and revealing that he had scolded his players because “normally you have to play your best against the best teams”.