reprove

Example Sentences

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“I always feel like you have to reprove yourself,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024

He refused to see a doctor because he didn’t want his mission president to reprove him.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2015

“You have to reprove yourself in order to establish your credibility.”

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2015

Everyone on Capitol Hill is focused on squeezing months worth of work into several days, so the panel’s decision to clear two members and reprove two others was like an end-of-the-year document dump.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2014

Mr. Laroon, you are too much inclined to Slander, I must reprove you for it.

From The Old Debauchees. A Comedy (1732) by Fielding, Henry