Example sentences for: frowned

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

  • However, they then found that the young men who took over the female roles were also attracting ardent devotees among military officers and even priests — homosexuality at that time was not yet frowned upon.

  • Some errors are harder to see but just as surely mistaken: “I frowned at the coffee percolator, which —finally began to perk.

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

  • First, on Page 1 in the "Work Week" column, the Journal deadpans that humor is both mandated and frowned upon in the workplace: A survey found that of 275 employers, 8 percent discourage humor, 8 percent include it in their mission or values statements, and 4 percent have hired humor consultants to yuck it up.

  • Other types of URLs frowned upon are music downloading sites and online investment services.


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