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adjective

disapproving

expressing or manifesting disapproval

In a sentence

Six example sentences with disapproving, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her grandmother gave the boxed stock a disapproving look and quietly started a pot of bones simmering instead.

    Cooking

  • The coach shot a disapproving glance at the lifter who bounced the bar off his chest for the last rep.

    Fitness

  • Critics wrote disapproving columns about the mural for a decade, and the city now sells postcards of it.

    Art

  • The aunt's disapproving silence at dinner tells the reader more than any speech about the engagement.

    Literature

  • A disapproving shake of the coach's head followed the guard's third contested three of the quarter.

    Basketball

  • The disapproving tone of the auditor's letter made it clear that the expense policy needed rewriting.

    Business

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