Example sentences for: approve

How can you use “approve” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Approve the goals and objectives of the acquisition.

  • Though committed to keeping the country a presidential republic, the Great Council of Chiefs in Suva might approve, in a two day meeting starting Tuesday, the queen's symbolic return as "paramount chief."

  • CNN briefly refused to continue running this spot because, the sponsors alleged, Ted Turner's wife, Jane Fonda, didn't approve.

  • Feminists approve of the novel, about an aging rock star and her two abandoned children, because it coldly documents the woman's abuse and is "clear-eyed about the economic forces that shape women's lives" (Valerie Sayers, the New York Times Book Review ). Others say Allison "leans precariously toward melodrama" and tries too hard for "gut-wrenching emotion" (Phyllis Richardson, the Los Angeles Times Book Review ).

  • Case officers in the CIA's Clandestine Service interpreted legislation, such as the Hughes-Ryan Amendment requiring that the president approve and report to Congress any covert action, as sending a message to them that covert action often leads to trouble and can severely damage one's career.


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