reprove

Example Sentences

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Alone, I reprove the thought as fantasy, a secret desire to sever myself from the man who has abandoned me twice.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2021

That includes making do with less as they reestablish their place in society, rethink their careers and reprove their worth.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2021

Everyone on Capitol Hill is focused on squeezing months worth of work into several days, so the panel’s decision to clear two members and reprove two others was like an end-of-the-year document dump.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2014

So you’ve got to really prove and reprove yourself over and over and over again just to get an opportunity.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2012

He wrote to his son to reprove him for allowing his wife to abandon her father to the hands of servants.

From A Russian Gentleman by Aksakov, S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich)