approvingly

Example Sentences

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In his annual year-end message, he approvingly quoted from an 1876 speech by Susan B. Anthony in which the women’s-rights pioneer endorsed a sweeping vision of the Constitution’s citizenship guarantee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Recently he approvingly posted on the X platform about a poll putting the party on 20 percent in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Judges approvingly noted features including its "dramatic staircases unfurling through a shared 'heart space' to encourage collaboration".

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

But the very first people White thanked from the Mar-a-Lago stage last week, with the newly minted president-elect looking approvingly over his shoulder and the cameras beaming him around the world, were the Nelk Boys.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

When I had finished, Timothy said approvingly, “I tell you, young bahss, dat do say help.”

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor