are frowning
- present progressive of frown.
Example Sentences
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“While people are frowning at us everywhere outside our borders, at least for this period of time, we have to stick together,” Mikhail said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
“UEFA are frowning on it unfortunately because it’s encroachment on the pitch,” Football Association of Wales President David Griffiths told The Associated Press on Monday.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2016
Walkers and joggers are frowning at a group of 40 people hooting and slapping their thighs, eyeing them with the jealous disapproval that hardworking commuters reserve for all-night partyers on weekdays.
From Time Magazine Archive
While calamity and disaster are frowning upon our city, mutual helpfulness should be the common endeavor and no action should be lightly taken which would precipitate enmities, strife and acrimonious feelings.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
These are frowning features, and would rather seem to indicate a failure, before the attempt at cultivation was made.
