reprove

Example Sentences

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Alone, I reprove the thought as fantasy, a secret desire to sever myself from the man who has abandoned me twice.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2021

That includes making do with less as they reestablish their place in society, rethink their careers and reprove their worth.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2021

Scalia’ll reprove ya With some jurisprudential effluvia, Then, with scowling harrumph And a baleful galumph, He’ll trudge homeward to Antediluvia.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2015

So you’ve got to really prove and reprove yourself over and over and over again just to get an opportunity.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2012

V. Yet with his courage and his power Combined such sweetness and such love, He could revere the simplest flower, The vilest sinners firm reprove.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret