“His blistering excoriation of the politicians' corrupt practices left the room unsettled and uncomfortable.”

“So the reports flow in on Media Watch's snide little excoriation, laboriously trying to exploit the name and fame of my late father.”

“Most of Mr Cameron's big speech was the usual opposition hybrid of excoriation and optimism.”

“Glyn Daniel, excoriator of pseudo-archaeology, was to write that Smith 'abandoned any pretence at scientific method.”

“Quite often, there is absolutely nothing to see on these patients skin, apart from self induced excoriations.”

“The picking produces excoriations which crust and may heal with hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation, or scarring.”

“Typical acne was present in addition to the excoriations in 33 percent while only increased oiliness and no clear-cut acne lesions were present in 67 percent.”