How to use disapproval in a sentence

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• An incisive producer, who expressed vehement disapproval with my pitch upon my first sentence.From the entry incisive
• We the undersigned wish to express our disapproval.From the entry we
• I was shamed by the teacher's public disapproval.From the entry shame
• My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval.From the entry cluck
• Buckley, sources say, called the Media Research Center and expressed his disapproval.2017 July 21, Jake Tapper, “Sean Hannity will no longer receive Buckley Award after controversy”, in CNN Business, archived from the…. From the entry MRC
• Judginess and disapproval don't come from a place of promoting health.2015, Harriet Brown, Body of Truth, →ISBN. From the entry judginess
• Burnside indicated her disapproval of all this with a fanfaronade of flatulence.1955, Patrick Dennis, chapter 4, in Auntie Mame, New York: Vanguard Press, page 69. From the entry fanfaronade
• They tried to intimate their disapproval by pronouncing his name very distinctly when they addressed him.1944, Mazo de la Roche, The Building of Jalna, Dundurn Press Ltd, published 2009, →ISBN, page 163. From the entry bobby
• So the whole caravansary had fallen in like a card house at the disapproval in her eyes.1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. From the entry card house
• Noaks, for his part, regarded the Duke with feelings mingled of idolatry and disapproval.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry plexus
• I suspect this may be scripted content, designed as “rage bait” – deliberately courting disapproval to generate more views.2026 May 28, Amelia Gentleman, “The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on…. From the entry ragebait
• Nagle explains that the contemporary disapproval of the title is due to a multilayered pejoration inherent in the term Hobson-Jobson.2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27…. From the entry pejoration
• The liberal newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza has also made clear its disapproval of the film's lionisation of the Bielski brothers.2009 March 5, Kate Connolly, “Jewish resistance film sparks Polish anger”, in The Guardian. From the entry lionisation
• Disapproval is intolerant, while approval is neutral?2007, William D. Gairdner, The War Against the Family. From the entry homomania
• Despite growing Puritan disapproval of play-acting, vehemently expressed in sermons and pamphlets, Charles's court was famous for its amateur theatricals.2003, Rebecca Fraser, The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History, New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company…. From the entry play-acting
• In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval.1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers…. From the entry bra
• Birdsong, who followed the Colombian, stopped his hymn singing at this lickerish pantomime and watched his fellow muleteer in righteous disapproval.1922, T. S. Stribling, “The Web of the Sun”, in Adventure, Chapter 3. From the entry lickerish
• Her disapproval had turned into true dislike when Bronwyn had ignored the woman's cow-handed attempt at matchmaking Bronwyn with that lady's lack-witted brother.2014, Karen Hawkins, The Prince Who Loved Me, page 37. From the entry cow-handed
• The interpersonal self thus comes into being as a result of experiences with interpersonal mirroring or mismirroring, that is, approval or disapproval.2014, Marylou Lionells, John Fiscalini, Carola Mann, Handbook of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. From the entry mismirror
• Once again, my little attempt to charm her with humour was met with a ceilingward lifting of the eyebrows in finicky disapproval.2012, Kathy Lette, The Boy Who Fell to Earth, Bantam, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry ceilingward
• The use of entheogenics declined in areas where Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were popular due to these groups' disapproval of the practice.2011, Mark A. R. Kleiman, James E. Hawdon, Encyclopedia of Drug Policy. From the entry entheogenic
• Why do you wear European clothes?" fumed Oscar de la Renta with a moue of disapproval and stamp of his bejewelled foot (probably).2011 February 2, Hadley Freeman, “Should Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton be patriotic about designers?”, in The Guardian. From the entry moue
• In the light of cases such as this, one should perhaps be careful about suggesting general disapproval of ‘consumer’ objections to wind farm development.2007, Jane Holder, Maria Lee, Environmental Protection, Law and Policy: Text and Materials, page 712. From the entry in the light of
• Frau Volk and Frau Schönherr had abandoned their demi-tasses of espresso and were scanning the crowd of skaters, their faces pinched in cold disapproval.2005, John Meaney, Resolution (The Nulapeiron Sequence; 3), London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 95. From the entry demi-tasse
• Then her eyes, always alert for the affairs of her kitchen, fell on some action of the Chinese cook which aroused her violent disapproval.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 51”, in The Moon and Sixpence. From the entry backward
• Then Porter said, "How would I need them in order to win, ma'am?" expressing some level of disapproval with the question while letting out a laugh.2025 October 8, Jay Stahl, “Katie Porter goes viral again. This time, for berating a reporter.”, in USA Today. From the entry ma'am
• The monkey darted into the stairwell and waited for me impatiently, showing his disapproval for my failure to keep up by screaming and doing cheetah flips.2011, Matthew Jackson, The Lost Art of a Dying Breed, page 128. From the entry do cheetah flips
• John Mayer has apologised for using a racist epithet in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, after a number of prominent black musicians aired their disapproval.2010 February 11, Rosie Swash, “John Mayer apologises after using N-word in Playboy interview”, in The Guardian. From the entry air
• Others suggest replacing homophobic with "homonegative" to reflect disapproval – not fear and hatred – of homosexuality and as a more accurate reflection of society as a whole.2009, What to call someone who hates gays?, Toronto Star. From the entry homonegative
• She had long ago accepted his disapproval, but she had perfect trust in him and his leechcraft as she had had at Hugh's bedside in Bordeaux.1981, Anya Seton, Katherine. From the entry leechcraft
• And because in this article and others he didn't make his obeisances to the higherness of the traditional arts, he ran into the sort of disapproval that movies get.1973, Pauline Kael, The New Yorker. From the entry higherness
• The slightest hint of smugness would have had the nation leaning over our shoulders to blow out the birthday candles with a gale of reproach and disapproval.1972, International Association of Seed Crushers, Congress [proceedings]. From the entry gale
• He requires of his fellow man obedience to a very creditable code of morals, but he observes without shame or disapproval his God's utter destitution of morals.1906, “Mark Twain”, in The Bible According to Mark Twain, published 1996, page 330. From the entry destitution

Meaning of disapproval

1. noun The act of disapproving; condemnation.

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Questions about disapproval in a sentence

How do you use disapproval in a sentence?

Disapproval is used as a noun. For example: “Everyone glared in disapproval at the man talking loudly on the phone.”

What is a short sentence with disapproval?

“Disapproval is intolerant, while approval is neutral?”

What does disapproval mean?

Disapproval means the act of disapproving; condemnation.