frowned on

Example Sentences

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We work in broken systems, where asking for time off is frowned on.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2023

Amish quilters preferred simple, geometric patterns and colors; the community frowned on overly pictorial motifs and multicolored patterns.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

The family of Sergiu Celibidache, another conductor who frowned on recording, took the opposite position, allowing the release of many albums after his death.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

As a classicist, he frowned on rock and roll as an "expression of base passions" and once called popular music a "cult of banality".

From Reuters • Dec. 28, 2022

Camp authori-ties frowned on mess hall hopping and tried to stop it, but the good cooks liked it.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston