To me, your response smacks of leveling criticism at the first sign of trouble.

Finally, we level very little criticism at the behavior of our dogs' playmates and at the parenting skills of their owners.

He leveled implicit criticism at the Herzog board for imposing an interpretation on the law that favored unions.

Some experts have leveled criticism at the credit-rating agencies, which review the bonds and other debt securities issues by companies.

He caused controversy in late 2008 after leveling harsh criticism on much of South Carolina's ruling republican establishment.

European Court of Human Rights has leveled similar criticism.

This Parliament then levelled criticism at the Commission for being too passive.

Everyone can level well-founded criticism at the German deposit system.

Republicans leveled significant criticism at media outlets' coverage of the presidential election season.

Joseph Horowitz leveled just criticism at the newly redesigned space.