Example Sentences

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You see her sometimes look reproachingly upon me.

From Jasper Lyle by Ward, Harriet

Thus she spoke reproachingly from day to day, and the words stung Puniaiki’s heart with much pain.

From Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends by Thrum, Thomas G. (Thomas George)

Fernand when he came back, found her gloomy and reserved; then, as he essayed to wean her from her dark thoughts, she responded petulantly and even reproachingly.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

"If looks tell anything, her pale face aint no match for yourn in health, Huldah," remarked Caleb, as he glanced somewhat reproachingly at the full, red features of his wife.

From Dawn by Adams, Harriet A.

The maiden frowned reproachingly, but yet with earnest gentleness, at the group of youths and maidens who sat beneath an umbragipeaous beech-tree and ate black currants.

From The Wouldbegoods by Nesbit, E. (Edith)