Example Sentences

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Hudson: No matter how much you prove yourself, you’re always still reproving yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

When Donnersmarck reached for a Snickers, his mother shot him a reproving look.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019

The robot never reacts in a reproving or dismissive way when the child behaves inappropriately.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2018

I was the first one to giggle, and on my second giggle I got a sternly reproving look from the man sitting ahead of me.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2015

They bought groceries up the hill at the Thrift Market because they could not stand the reproving eyes of Lee Chong.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck