express disapprobation
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He was then hoisted upon the shoulders of some half-dozen patriots, notwithstanding a melancholy howl, by which he intended to express disapprobation of the whole proceeding.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
Ruskin was disappointed with his former pupil, and Pater did not hesitate to express disapprobation to private friends; while he accepted incense from a disciple, he distrusted the thurifer.
From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar
It was greeted by the indulgent audience with cries of indignation, peltings of apples, insults, hisses, whatever could most energetically express disapprobation of the lion turned lover.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
Not an iota of the whole performance, at that time, but seemed to me to be perfect; and I should have readily quarrelled with the man who should have happened to express disapprobation.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas
Roughly speaking, then, only one out of ten could be got to express disapprobation of the free comparison of the results of science with the statements of the canonical books.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
