express disapprobation

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Lord Fitzwilliam, for attending a public meeting to express disapprobation at the means by which the meeting at Peterloo was dispersed, was dismissed from his office as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire.

From Three Accounts of Peterloo By Eyewitnesses Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial by Jolliffe, William

To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Of course, these words are intended to express disapprobation, and carry a doubt as to the fitness of Vassar College to educate girls.

From The Education of American Girls by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

Roughly speaking, then, only one out of ten could be got to express disapprobation of the free comparison of the results of science with the statements of the canonical books.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

Not an iota of the whole performance, at that time, but seemed to me to be perfect; and I should have readily quarrelled with the man who should have happened to express disapprobation.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas