express disapprobation
Example Sentences
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He was then hoisted upon the shoulders of some half-dozen patriots, notwithstanding a melancholy howl, by which he intended to express disapprobation of the whole proceeding.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
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 David Eugene Smith
This was certainly no time for Madame Goesler to express disapprobation of the practices which were thus divulged.
From Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
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 Thomas Holcroft
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 Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett
