disapprovingly
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In a Vanity Fair profile a few years ago, the reporter notes disapprovingly when Goodman eats a corned-beef sandwich and cole slaw, asking “Aren’t we supposed to be on a diet?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
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
“Dig in,” said the king, poking Milo with his elbow and looking disapprovingly at his plate.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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