disapprovingly
Example Sentences
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Behind him, a primly dressed elderly lady stands at the bus stop and regards him disapprovingly.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Szasz transferred Williams’s setting of New Orleans to what Nelson Pressley in The Washington Post described disapprovingly as “a flavorless gray anyplace.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
The world was suddenly one big party at which everyone responsible talked disapprovingly about “Ozempic face” in judgment and horror at the idea of women taking these new “diet drugs.”
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2023
Our nation was founded by puritans, so as soon as people had a laugh over Santos, inevitably someone would shake their finger disapprovingly.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2023
I can feel Freddie Mercury eyeing me disapprovingly, and I’m tempted to give him the finger.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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