express disapprobation

Example Sentences

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Ruskin was disappointed with his former pupil, and Pater did not hesitate to express disapprobation to private friends; while he accepted incense from a disciple, he distrusted the thurifer.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

Not an iota of the whole performance, at that time, but seemed to me to be perfect; and I should have readily quarrelled with the man who should have happened to express disapprobation.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

Of course, these words are intended to express disapprobation, and carry a doubt as to the fitness of Vassar College to educate girls.

From The Education of American Girls by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

Roughly speaking, then, only one out of ten could be got to express disapprobation of the free comparison of the results of science with the statements of the canonical books.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

This was certainly no time for Madame Goesler to express disapprobation of the practices which were thus divulged.

From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony