reprove
Example Sentences
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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
That includes making do with less as they reestablish their place in society, rethink their careers and reprove their worth.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2021
He refused to see a doctor because he didn’t want his mission president to reprove him.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2015
Scalia’ll reprove ya With some jurisprudential effluvia, Then, with scowling harrumph And a baleful galumph, He’ll trudge homeward to Antediluvia.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2015
He complained very softly of the woman; begged that I would reprove her for what she had said to him, as he had heard his name mentioned.
From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina
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