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

See, all the company are frowning at me!

From Audrey by Johnston, Mary

Except these gateways there is no entrance from without; the only windows are frowning loop-holes, and access to the several apartments is gained through skylights reached by portable ladders.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John