Example sentences for: frowned

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

  • Any sign of putting on airs or assertiveness is frowned upon, and one still hears crude jokes like, Quietness is the best noise as Uncle Johnny said when he knocked down his wife, or Dressed to death like Sally Hatch.

  • Although credit-ratings agencies had always frowned on these agreements , General American always claimed they were a good business to be in.

  • Last year, when the CDA was first proposed by James Exon, the Democratic senator from Nebraska, the Clinton Justice Department frowned.

  • Japanese men don't help to bring up baby, and nannies are frowned upon, so motherhood can ruin a woman's career.

  • She picked up the magazine, inspected the cryptogram, frowned, nodded, and left the office.


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