The phrase
"stinging indictment" means a strong criticism or accusation that is highly damaging or painful for the person or entity being criticized. It implies that the criticism is severe and will have a significant impact.
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This is
a stinging indictment of the shareholder value movement, but is it justified?
During Princeton Theological Seminary's 2014 Black Theology and Leadership Institute, of which I was a fellow, Dr. John Kinney, a professor of theology at Virginia Union, offered
this stinging indictment:
Indeed, you could argue that Jesus» entire life — from being born in a barn in the midst of a genocide, to hanging out with prostitutes and drunks, to healing on the Sabbath and touching the untouchables, to riding into Jerusalem on donkey rather than a war horse, to healing the ear of a Roman soldier after it had been cut off by Jesus» allies — was
a stinging indictment of religious and political power.
The courtroom drama of the Joe Percoco corruption trial has served as
a stinging indictment of Albany, a city of back - room dealings and back - scratching, fund - raisers and favors, where money talks and Cuomo administration officials have listened.
Greed and corruption are rampant among politicians in New York, the Manhattan U.S. attorney said Tuesday in
a stinging indictment of the state's political system that he unleashed as he announced a massive alleged scheme to rig the city's mayoral race.
I think you mean «Denenberg's campaign manager» because that is
a stinging indictment of Venditto.
The stinging indictment of the Department of Correction, filed in Manhattan Federal Court, says the agency looked the other way in dealing with a culture of excessive force and failed to discipline officers who broke the rules.
The corruption trial of Joseph Percoco, shown entering the courthouse on Friday, has served as
a stinging indictment of Albany.
The courtroom drama has nonetheless served as
a stinging indictment of Albany, a city of back - room dealings and back - scratching, fund - raisers and favors, where money talks and Cuomo administration officials have listened.
Emotions clearly still raw, ParaNorman played as not only
a stinging indictment against a bully culture that has spread from the playground to the internet and crosses age brackets, but also a defining call for the dropping of arms.
It's not all warm and fuzzy, not is
it a stinging indictment of Clinton, er, Stanton.
Posing as an erotic treatise on artificial intelligence, it is actually
a stinging indictment on human, and particularly masculine, stupidity.
The conventional wisdom adds up to
a stinging indictment of today's spendthrift middle class.
This decision is
a stinging indictment of ICBC's systematic use of hired guns to deny legitimate disability benefits.