DISAPPROVAL in a Sentence

Learn DISAPPROVAL from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For DISAPPROVAL, below is one of 88 sentences:
The two men laughed, a bit unwillingly, and it seemed to Scarlett that they drew together in united masculine disapproval of her.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of DISAPPROVAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
disapproval
 n.  a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
Classic Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1  Driving off, with Mammy beside him, each was a perfect picture of pouting African disapproval.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  Mammy muttered darkly to herself as she waddled, taking care that her remarks were pitched too low to be understood but loud enough to register her unqualified disapproval.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  That would be fatal, as only old men and very old ladies could belch without fear of social disapproval.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  They telegraphed their disapproval of Scarlett's conduct to Hetty Tarleton by delicately raised eyebrows.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  As she took the whisky from him and held it to her mouth, she saw his eyes follow her, a vague stirring of disapproval in them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  His old black face was as pitiful as a child's under its mother's disapproval, his dignity collapsed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
7  The two men laughed, a bit unwillingly, and it seemed to Scarlett that they drew together in united masculine disapproval of her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  Melanie held onto the back of her chair for support, almost crumpling beneath the weight of a disapproval she had never known before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
9  Neighbors were so outspoken in their disapproval that Frank, Pitty and Melanie found it hard to hold up their heads.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
10  And as I grew older his disapproval of me became downright dislike, which, I admit, I did little to change.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
11  She had a glimpse of Aunt Pittypat's plump upturned face, her eyes owlish with surprise and disapproval.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
12  Their disapproval had grown stronger because of her unwomanly conduct in the matter of the mills, her immodesty in showing herself when she was pregnant and so many other things.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
13  The Old Guard signified their disapproval by a sheaf of cards, regretting their inability to accept Scarlett's kind invitation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
14  This arrangement met with the disapproval of the three parties concerned, Wash, Mr. Butler and Bonnie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
15  The butler withdrew with an air of silent disapproval, leaving the remains of the CHAUFROIX on the sideboard.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
Example Sentence:
1  The students are showing their disapproval by refusing to attend lectures.
2  The addict often reads disapproval into people's reactions to him even where it does not exist.
3  Several countries have expressed their strong disapproval of the law.
4  The resource person may correct a serious error and repeat the phrase again but with no trace of disapproval or reproach.
5  She fixed the child with a stare of such disapproval he did not dare move.
6  Miss Watson had to purse her lips to show her disapproval of Huck's bedraggled appearance.
7  Newport pointed out that disapproval ratings for President Bush were 47 percent in January 2004, just 10 months before he won a second term.
8  I am sorry I must disapprove your action.
9  I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
10  I don't object to what she says, but I strongly disapprove of her manner of saying it.
11  Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals, we were impressed by his ability to filibuster endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.
12  She disapproved of her son's indiscriminate television viewing and decided to restrict him to educational programs.
13  Janet gave him a disapproving look.