REPROVE in a Sentence
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34 example sentences for REPROVE, such as:
1. But Levin had not the heart to reprove him.
2. Norwegian Anna, always dignified, looked at her reprovingly.
3. The teacher gently reproved the boys for not paying attention.
4. Stepan Arkadyevitch shook his head and laughed reprovingly at Veslovsky.
5. The principal would severely reprove the students whenever they talked in the halls.
2. Norwegian Anna, always dignified, looked at her reprovingly.
3. The teacher gently reproved the boys for not paying attention.
4. Stepan Arkadyevitch shook his head and laughed reprovingly at Veslovsky.
5. The principal would severely reprove the students whenever they talked in the halls.
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Meanings and Examples of REPROVE
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reprove
v. take to task
Classic Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1 Joseph remained to hector over tenants and labourers; and because it was his vocation to be where he had plenty of wickedness to reprove.
2 But Levin had not the heart to reprove him.
3 Cousin Augustine," said Miss Ophelia, seriously, and laying down her knitting-work, "I suppose I deserve that you should reprove my short-comings.
4 But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove.
5 True, he is a little conceited; but, were I to reprove him in public, the whole thing would become common talk, and folk would begin giving him a dog's name.
6 Scarlett came abruptly out of her dream of delight, for she had neglected to make the responses and her mother was looking at her reprovingly.
7 Startled, at first horrified, at this lese majesty toward Atlanta's most beloved citizen, she stared reprovingly at him.
8 This ain't no weather for a lady to be out in," said the soldier reprovingly, "with all this la grippe in the air.
9 But all of the smart set went to the lawn-festivals of the Episcopal Church, and were reprovingly polite to outsiders.
10 Norwegian Anna, always dignified, looked at her reprovingly.
11 If you had just reversed the nod and the bow, it would have been right, said Amy reprovingly.
12 "I'm glad of it, that's one of your foolish extravagances, sending flowers and things to girls for whom you don't care two pins," continued Jo reprovingly.
13 Stepan Arkadyevitch shook his head and laughed reprovingly at Veslovsky.
14 The squat student looked at him seriously and shook his umbrella gently and reprovingly.
15 He took her to plays and annoyed her by whispering that God probably didn't approve of such amusements, and to churches and, sotto voce, retailed funny obscenities and then reproved her for laughing.
Example Sentence:
1 The principal would severely reprove the students whenever they talked in the halls.
2 The teacher gently reproved the boys for not paying attention.