approbatory

Example Sentences

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Chloe went through the same process; they looked significantly at each other, nodded, set the pitchers on the slab, and gave a little approbatory cough.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

So she gave Mr. Money a good deal of information, which he received with an approbatory "Yes, yes" or an inquiring "So, so" every now and then.

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various

Mrs. Colesworthy enfolded her in an approbatory embrace, and hurried home to tell me about it.

From Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences by Stockton, Frank Richard

Robespierre, at first approbatory, knew not at last what to think; then thought, with his Jacobins, that Camille must be expelled.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Amazement, approbatory or the reverse, at this spectacle is the beginning of surprises which the spectral visitor would find in store.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)