with approbation
Example Sentences
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The label is not met with approbation by everyone.
From National Geographic • Feb. 19, 2016
Zink began writing at a young age as well, but, unlike her reading, that behavior was not met with approbation.
From The New Yorker • May 11, 2015
Standing in the streets were ordinary working men, listening with attention and with approbation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another "younger" writer, whose book Shane you mentioned with approbation, wasn't named at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
This effort, too, was greeted with approbation, and its tenderness duly appreciated.
From A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by Knowles, J. Harris (John Harris)
