reprove

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2024

Alone, I reprove the thought as fantasy, a secret desire to sever myself from the man who has abandoned me twice.

From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2021

“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

And Pop, inwardly convulsed, feels compelled to reprove.

From From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days by Charles King

“I could do without becoming known as the man who has a hugger for a son,” he reproves when Cal tries to embrace him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Jack’s shoulders are slumped forward, his arms crossed, while John’s maternal aunt Annie reproves him with an extended finger.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2018

And when he mildly reproves the younger son for some particularly brattish behavior, Sophia indignantly tells him: "Try to be a parent, not a policeman."

From Time Magazine Archive

In a club a testy gentleman behind whose favorite armchair a bomb has just torn a gaping hole in floor and ceiling reproves an anxious flunkey: "I'm perfectly aware of that."

From Time Magazine Archive

He reproves without intermission, convinces of sins, and sets them before thine eyes.

From True Christianity by Johann Arndt

Mr. Meadows was also reproved by the House Ethics Committee in 2018 for mishandling sexual harassment allegations against a top aide.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2020

Both lawmakers were reproved by the Ethics Committee.”

From Fox News ● Nov. 16, 2018

“We must all take responsibility for using facts correctly and for verifying anything we spread,” Stefan Lofven, the Swedish prime minister, reproved Trump at a news conference.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2017

He was immediately reproved by scores of his readers, as well as by a commentary in The Economist, “The World Is His Parking Spot,” that applied basic social cost-benefit analysis.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2011

“I’m surprised at you for spreading rumors, William,” she reproved him.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Hudson: No matter how much you prove yourself, you’re always still reproving yourself.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

People also lose coverage, however, because constantly proving and reproving eligibility is onerous — especially if you’re poor, not particularly adept at navigating red tape or don’t have stable housing.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022

He’s become less circumspect about reproving the manners of high-born courtiers around him—and despite their pride in their own chivalry, they are indeed a boorish lot.

From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2020

When Donnersmarck reached for a Snickers, his mother shot him a reproving look.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019

Jasper snickered and Esme gave Edward a reproving look.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer