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don't be so critical
Definition
finding fault and telling others; or tending to have unfavorable opinions
- She didn't mind being bested in a game of chess; she could handle having her work criticized and her opinion questioned.1.2 — Part 1 Chapter 2 (82% in)
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- As always, he was more ruthless, more critical with his own work than he'd have been with anyone else's.2.12 — Part 2 Chapter 12 (9% in)
- The critics raved, sales soared, letters poured in from fans all over the world.Prologue (29% in)
- But whatever reaction the critics and the readers had, he'd still have written.Prologue (32% in)
- With this under her belt, even her quietly critical family would be impressed.1.2 — Part 1 Chapter 2 (57% in)
- Just as they face criticism and rejection.1.3 — Part 1 Chapter 3 (55% in)
- You're one of the most popular and critically acclaimed writers of the decade.1.4 — Part 1 Chapter 4 (62% in)
- Critically, Hunter angled it slightly, then stepped away.1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (19% in)
- Though he had wealth and fame and critical acclaim, Lee believed him.1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (44% in)
- Your readers and the critics.1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (44% in)
- But to the critics.1.5 — Part 1 Chapter 5 (45% in)
- He was used to criticism of genre fiction and, more often than not, amused by it.1.8 — Part 1 Chapter 8 (87% in)
- She said she had to take that sort of thing from art critics, but not from half-breed wolves.1.10 — Part 1 Chapter 10 (40% in)
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