APPROBATION's Sentences and Contexts

Definition:

n. expression of warm approval; praise

Example:

She looked for some sign of approbation from her parents, hoping her good grades would please them.

Sentence in Classic:

He glanced at his cousin and the young lady visitor; and they were both regarding him with a smile of approbation.

War and Peace(V1) By Leo Tolstoy Context

Pangloss, and his disciple Candide, the one for speaking his mind, the other for having listened with an air of approbation.

Candide By Voltaire Context

One night when Miss Murdstone had been developing certain household plans to her brother, of which he signified his approbation, my mother suddenly began to cry, and said she thought she might have been consulted.

David Copperfield By Charles Dickens Context

Sleary in a very little private apartment, with canvas sides, a grass floor, and a wooden ceiling all aslant, on which the box company stamped their approbation, as if they were coming through.

Hard Times By Charles Dickens Context

Krempe was not equally docile; and in my condition at that time, of almost insupportable sensitiveness, his harsh blunt encomiums gave me even more pain than the benevolent approbation of M.

Frankenstein By Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley Context

Until the previous summer, Stuart had courted India Wilkes with the approbation of both families and the entire County.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche Context

The next meeting of the two Mansfield families produced another alteration in the plan, and one that was admitted with general approbation.

Mansfield Park By Jane Austen Context

She could see him instantly before her, in every charm of air and address; but she could remember no more substantial good than the general approbation of the neighbourhood, and the regard which his social powers had gained him in the mess.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen Context

Marianne was afraid of offending, and said no more on the subject; but the kind of approbation which Elinor described as excited in him by the drawings of other people, was very far from that rapturous delight, which, in her opinion, could alone be called taste.

Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen Context

It had been agreed that the old man should express his approbation by closing his eyes, his refusal by winking them several times, and if he had some desire or feeling to express, he raised them to heaven.

The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas Context

Aramis resumed his pen, reflected a little, and wrote the following lines, which he immediately submitted to the approbation of his friends.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS By Alexandre Dumas Context