disapprovingly
Example Sentences
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High in the stands, German leader Adolf Hitler watched on disapprovingly.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
Behind him, a primly dressed elderly lady stands at the bus stop and regards him disapprovingly.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Szasz transferred Williams’s setting of New Orleans to what Nelson Pressley in The Washington Post described disapprovingly as “a flavorless gray anyplace.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
Our nation was founded by puritans, so as soon as people had a laugh over Santos, inevitably someone would shake their finger disapprovingly.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2023
Her mother swooped in and said, “Jackie,” disapprovingly, but I said, “No no, it’s okay,” because it totally was, and then Jackie asked, “Would they help me breathe, too?”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
