1.   Witnesses who cooperate with tabloids in return for money often find themselves subjected to withering criticism if they are called into court.

2.   The book has been the subject of withering criticism.

3.   Belle has a history of antisocial behavior that has made him the object of withering criticism.

4.   A decline in police aggressiveness after the withering criticism precipitated by the police shooting of Amadou Diallo.

5.   Despondent instead of happy, Vi meets the professor in a bar and his withering criticisms of her writing entice her like candy.

6.   Deutsche Bank, the larger of the would-be partners, has come under withering criticism from analysts, the German media and some political leaders.

7.   Harvard Professor John Graham calmly withstood withering criticism Thursday from a member of the Senate committee considering his nomination to be a top regulator in the Bush administration.

8.   In Toronto, meanwhile, both Ash and Clemens have come under withering criticism.

9.   Once unlike-minded scholars have time to react, they will subject its findings to withering criticism.

10.   Perot was subjected to withering criticism that he had changed his story about trying to get out of the service to make it more politically palatable.