Example Sentences

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Hudson: No matter how much you prove yourself, you’re always still reproving yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

“There is no part of the country where opinion is narrower than it is here,” Mr. Brooke tells a reproving neighbor, Mrs. Cadwallader, the rector’s wife.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 21, 2019

The robot never reacts in a reproving or dismissive way when the child behaves inappropriately.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2018

I was the first one to giggle, and on my second giggle I got a sternly reproving look from the man sitting ahead of me.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2015

“That’s wonderful!” said Hermione, giving Ron a reproving look because he looked as though he was close to laughing.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling