disapprovingly
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In a Vanity Fair profile a few years ago, the reporter notes disapprovingly when Goodman eats a corned-beef sandwich and cole slaw, asking “Aren’t we supposed to be on a diet?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
High in the stands, German leader Adolf Hitler watched on disapprovingly.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
I’m not here to collect sympathy, convert you to the church of AA, nor frown disapprovingly over proceedings from some moral high ground.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023
Every beautiful photo of this bay, Vincent said disapprovingly, is one too many.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
Madame LePoint waved another fabric swatch in Penelope’s direction and clucked her tongue disapprovingly.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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