express disapprobation
Example Sentences
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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
And the archdeacon raised his huge hands in the manner in which his friends are so accustomed to see him express disapprobation and astonishment.
From The Warden by Trollope, Anthony
Of course, these words are intended to express disapprobation, and carry a doubt as to the fitness of Vassar College to educate girls.
From The Education of American Girls by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
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
Lord Fitzwilliam, for attending a public meeting to express disapprobation at the means by which the meeting at Peterloo was dispersed, was dismissed from his office as Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
From Three Accounts of Peterloo By Eyewitnesses Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial by Jolliffe, William
