reprove

Example Sentences

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He closes with a reproving phrase that echoes through the film: “It’s not knowledge we lack.”

From New York Times

The repression surrounding the election has drawn reprove from the U.S. government, Museveni’s biggest outside financial supporter, but no changes to U.S. policy in Uganda have yet been announced.

From Washington Post

On the pandemic, immigration, crime, street violence and other issues, Mr. Trump regularly divides the country into the parts that support him and the parts that do not, rewarding the former and reproving the latter.

From New York Times

“I’m hungry. My mindset now is like I’ve got to reinvent myself, reprove everything.”

From Los Angeles Times

A Supreme Court clerkship, two law faculty posts and a George W. Bush administration appointment followed, but when Goldsmith’s new wife witnessed his chilly rudeness toward his mother’s partner, she reproved him.

From Washington Post