Example Sentences

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“There is no part of the country where opinion is narrower than it is here,” Mr. Brooke tells a reproving neighbor, Mrs. Cadwallader, the rector’s wife.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 21, 2019

But she does put it to coolly subversive use. At social gatherings she turns her grin into a shield, a mask of contentment that can clench, without warning, into a reproving stare.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2017

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

It makes him sound like a reproving parent.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2012

“Jo does use such slang words!” observed Amy, with a reproving look at the long figure stretched on the rug.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott