Sentence example with the word 'approbation'

approbation

acceptance, affirmative, awe, connivance, duty, goodwill, imprimatur, promptness, satisfaction, subscription, voice

Definition n. official approval

Last update: July 5, 2015


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This explains why it has the approbation of the greatest scholars of our time.   [noun]

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The habits and frames of mind that win approbation are such as are useful.   [noun]

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The approbation committee passed the bill willingly.   [noun]

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Uncas pressed closer to his side, and regarded the speaker with a look of commendation, while his father expressed his satisfaction by the ordinary pithy exclamation of approbation.   [noun]

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"And besides," added Caxon, slyly, encouraged by his patron's approbation, "they say, too, that the Catholic priests in thae times gat something for ganging about to burials."   [noun]

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"But be it so--whatever is near you is dear and valued to me, and I value their approbation accordingly."   [noun]

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"I shall fall young," he said, "if fall I must, my motives misconstrued, and my actions condemned, by those whose approbation is dearest to me."   [noun]

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I hope ye hae secured the approbation of your ain friends and allies, particularly of your uncle, who is in loco parentis.   [noun]

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"The successor of such a father will find it difficult to secure universal approbation," said the Nomarch.   [noun]

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It is impossible to be sad when she is by, and she is devoted to me, and dreads my blame, and is always striving to win my approbation.   [noun]

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She nodded approbation and then said submissively and sweetly: "It is your duty, and you cannot do otherwise."   [noun]

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