Example Sentences

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He read the remainder of the paper rigid and unapproving.

From The Happy End by Hergesheimer, Joseph

They suffered, with unapproving acquiescence, solicitations which they had in no shape desired, to an unjust and usurping power whom they had never provoked, and whose hostile menaces they did not dread.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund

Shall we let others share in the mystery and triumph while we stand apart, silent, unapproving, and alone?

From The Warriors by Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown

He stripped a handful of leaves and coral berries off the barberry-bush as he passed, pushed back the loose picket, and reappeared all over burrs and pollen before Uncle Elijahs' astonished and unapproving eyes.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth

They suffered, with unapproving acquiescence, solicitations, which they had in no shape desired, to an unjust and usurping power, whom they had never provoked, and whose hostile menaces they did not dread.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund