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are frowning

  • present progressive
    of frown.
    frown
    verb (used without object)
    to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.

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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

These are frowning features, and would rather seem to indicate a failure, before the attempt at cultivation was made.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

Whether this be the reason or not, there they are, frowning upon you from each side of the gateway.

From Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens