1.   How could you refute it when just the memory of his scathing comments made your eyes fill with tears?

2.   There were a lot of scathing comments about the film.

3.   The same old accusations, the same scathing comments.

4.   His scathing comments against Nixon have come back if not to haunt him, at least to make off-the-cuff defenses of Clinton more difficult.

5.   In scathing comments in court Friday, the prosecutor and probation officer in the case portrayed Mrs. LeTourneau as a manipulator who had no intention of keeping her word.

6.   Actor and director Sean Penn praised anti-globalization protesters and slammed the quality of Hollywood filmmaking in scathing comments before a film festival screening of his new movie Thursday.

7.   He came out on the offensive, attacking the opposition with scathing comments and vowing to dig for more dirt.

8.   She periodically popped up in public view, sometimes with scathing comments.

9.   Those sorts of scathing comments have made politicians here jittery, and have fueled the coup rumors that have swept Ecuador for months.

10.   U.S. and European officials have turned up pressure recently with several scathing comments and threats of economic sanctions.