Sample Sentences for
approbation
(editor-reviewed)

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    She liked him too little to care for his approbation.  (source)
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    I had no solace from self— approbation: none even from self-respect.  (source)
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    For a while still she looks down at him from the composite picture, neither with censure nor approbation.  (source)
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    His approbation laps me like a warm bath.†  (source)
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    I'm afraid our activities would be received with considerable disapprobation by the more learned authorities.  (source)
    disapprobation = disapproval
    standard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disapprobation reverses the meaning of approbation. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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    Among the adjectives similarly preserved are /to whittle/, /to wilt/ and /to approbate/.†  (source)
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    That would probably upset Frank, for he was timid and fond of the approbation of his friends.†  (source)
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    Jo stood aloof, meanwhile, trying to harden her heart against him, and succeeding only in primming up her face into an expression of entire disapprobation.†  (source)
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    The Controller nodded his approbation.†  (source)
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    His eyes searched her face, as if he were looking for judgment, disapprobation, even disgust.†  (source)
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    'He might spare himself the trouble,' said Heathcliff: 'I could do as well without his approbation.†  (source)
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    Disapprobation hurt me, I found—even that of people whom I did not admire.†  (source)
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    M. Krempe was not equally docile; and in my condition at that time, of almost insupportable sensitiveness, his harsh blunt encomiums gave me even more pain than the benevolent approbation of M. Waldman.†  (source)
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