1.   Anne took his criticisms very much to heart.

2.   Brian is a very sensitive kind of person and he takes criticism very much to heart.

3.   However, in adult life, Ian finds he can not take criticism.

4.   I took his criticism of my work as a real put-down.

5.   Liz found his criticisms hard to take.

6.   Nigel smiled and took the criticism in his stride.

7.   The government is not taking such criticism lying down.

8.   In this job you need to be able to take criticism.

9.   I can usually take criticism, but this is more than I can swallow.

10.   Mahmoud was now in one of those moods in which he found implied criticism hard to take.