How to Use disapproval in a Sentence

disapproval

noun
  • I could sense her disapproval.
  • They made their disapproval of our behavior very clear.
  • The disapproval is not about left or right.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • But the disapproval didn’t stop there.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That goes with more disapproval.
    — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • In the sting of disapproval, a strange new power emerged.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
  • If this is indeed true love, then set aside your sons’ disapproval.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 10 June 2021
  • But get behind the wheel of a car, and all that disapproval tends to melt away.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The girl's mother came to take her away, her face pinched in disapproval.
    — Star Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • That goes with more disapproval of the program.
    — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Jiménez hopped in the batter’s box in disapproval and had a few more words on his way back to the dugout.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • In court on Tuesday, the judge made her disapproval known.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • What’s your greatest fear as an artist, other than the disapproval of a loved one?
    — Tomris Laffly, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 May 2023
  • The civilian review board has voiced its disapproval in strong terms.
    — cleveland, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Hamill hasn’t been shy in his disapproval of the president.
    — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Some polls put his disapproval rating as high as 60%.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But days passed, and no one else expressed public disapproval.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
  • That was quickly met with disapproval.
    — Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But that likely won’t stop the noise of disapproval that will come his way on Monday.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Overall disapproval of such a deal was 78%.
    — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Its approval rating is close to a record low, and its disapproval rating is near an all-time high.
    — Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • As for Scott, the crowd didn’t need any priming to express its disapproval.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
  • And then, Petrie relates with some disapproval, one of the other trustees takes a fall.
    — Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Times have changed in many ways, so the voice of disapproval may be primarily in your own head at this point.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021
  • Sathyamurthy shakes his head in disapproval and says there’s an urgent need to address the threat to the groves.
    — Mahima Jain, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
  • McKee’s disapproval reached a new high in the poll.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Yet the same study found significant disapproval of the habit.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
  • His disapproval rating remained about the same as well, at 42%.
    — Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Trump’s disapproval rating has risen to 54% from 49% at the start the year.
    — Josh Boak, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Trump's disapproval rating has risen to 54% from 49% at the start the year.
    — Josh Boak, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020

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