“It is a modern, sentimental fiction always to ladle virtue over the working-class characters and obloquy over the rich ones.”

“Amid national and international obloquy and mockery, progress could only be made very discreetly.”

“He didn't mind public debate and obloquy, but he hated personal spite and family quarrels.”

“In Canada, we moved in different ways, discourse and occasional obloquies marking our divergence.”