approbative
Example Sentences
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His supporters in New York, who range from Mayor Edward Koch to Philanthropist and Civic Leader Brooke Astor, also praise him in what has become an almost monotonously approbative Gregorian chant.
From Time Magazine Archive
The new president of the university arose and eyed him with a peculiarly approbative and grateful gaze.
From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore
"Ha!" said the stout man, and this time the exclamation was purely approbative.
From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis
His glance, as it invaribly did when they met, seemed to make swift, approbative note of every smallest particular of her appearance.
From Only an Incident by Litchfield, Grace Denio
Blackbeard swore at him a great approbative oath.
From Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter by Stockton, Frank Richard
