frowned on

Example Sentences

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The FDA has long frowned on reanalyzing failed study results in search of positive data.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

We work in broken systems, where asking for time off is frowned on.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2023

As a classicist, he frowned on rock and roll as an "expression of base passions" and once called popular music a "cult of banality".

From Reuters • Dec. 28, 2022

In its Rwanda travel advisory, the UK government says homosexuality is not illegal in the country but "remains frowned on by many".

From BBC • May 20, 2022

Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer