How to Use disapprove in a Sentence

disapprove

verb
  • The treaty was disapproved by the Senate.
  • She married him even though her parents disapproved.
  • At the same time, just 24% of Democrats approved of the court and 76% disapproved.
    Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 24 May 2023
  • But there were a handful of students that disapproved of the protest.
    Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Well, two-thirds of the country would disapprove of a self-pardon.
    NBC News, 17 Jan. 2021
  • While 77% of Democrats back the plan, 62% of Republicans disapprove of it, the poll found.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The poll showed that 56% of voters disapprove of the president.
    Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Carey herself took to the internet to disapprove and fans are loving it, to say the least.
    Laura Furr Mericas, Chron, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Alaskans would be asked in 2026 to approve or disapprove the result.
    James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2021
  • On the flip side, only 2% of those who disapprove of the job Biden is doing give Congress high marks.
    Michael Lee, Washington Examiner, 18 Apr. 2021
  • When the woman jumps into the lake for a night swim, her friends are disapproving.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2020
  • One of the respondents disapproved of Musk, and two did not have an opinion.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The number who disapprove of both parties is at an all-time high.
    Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2024
  • That practice was frowned upon in the past and is still disapproved of today.
    Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 7 Dec. 2019
  • The choice of Perry for the role sparked a barrage of disapproving comments.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The shade of Alfred Stieglitz, O’Keeffe’s dealer and husband, may disapprove of this.
    Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The number of Brazilians who disapprove of the president slumped to 34% from 44%.
    Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2020
  • That’s a change from the 45% who approved of his performance in January and the 55% who disapproved.
    Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2023
  • If some of his colleagues disapproved, Clarke didn’t mind.
    Robert Hutton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • About one-third of Americans disapprove of each of the picks, while the rest either don’t have an opinion or don’t know enough to say.
    Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Even if some still disapprove, many older adults don’t care.
    Francine Russo, Time, 19 Sep. 2021
  • The biographer told The Post that some Britons may disapprove of having a child out-of-wedlock.
    Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
  • This is how one becomes the disapproving mom, shooting dirty looks from her perch on the library floor.
    Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The majority of voters disapprove of the job that Biden and Harris have done.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Younger people and those in larger cities were more likely to disapprove.
    Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
  • But at least one person disapproved of the venture: Carter himself.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
  • The poll found 56% of Americans disapprove of the way Biden is handling the conflict, compared with 40% who approve.
    Ellen Knickmeyer and Emily Swanson, Star Tribune, 23 June 2021
  • Sick of living in the spotlight of his dad’s permanently disapproving glare, Sergei leaves home and learns the ways of the jungle.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The poll found that 56% of Missourians either approved or strongly approved of Trump while 42% disapproved or strongly disapproved.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Just 38 percent of Americans approved of his performance so far on that topic, while 52 percent disapproved.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Mar. 2025

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