frown upon
Example Sentences
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Now bosses might frown upon a worker caught labouring over a spreadsheet.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
SBF rose to prominence during a time period that Bitcoiners frown upon: the summer of 2020, aka “DeFi Summer,” when Bitcoin crashed and “crypto” products garnered more curiosity.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2022
And a video clip from a 2007 BBC documentary, in which Sunak suggests he doesn’t have any “working-class friends,” is recirculating online as some Britons frown upon the array of upper-class Conservative contenders.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2022
Polling shows a large share of members of the faith frown upon Trump’s brash style and incendiary rhetoric, especially his comments about women and immigrants.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
The high crags reaching out into the sea and the rocky shores seemed to frown upon him and he decided to go farther where Mother Nature should give him a more friendly welcome.
From Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America by Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard
