express disapprobation
Example Sentences
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And the archdeacon raised his huge hands in the manner in which his friends are so accustomed to see him express disapprobation and astonishment.
From The Warden 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
Ruskin was disappointed with his former pupil, and Pater did not hesitate to express disapprobation to private friends; while he accepted incense from a disciple, he distrusted the thurifer.
From Reviews by Oscar Wilde
It was greeted by the indulgent audience with cries of indignation, peltings of apples, insults, hisses, whatever could most energetically express disapprobation of the lion turned lover.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
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
