On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Approvingly. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as disapprovingly and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Approvingly meaning
in an approving manner.
Synonyms of Approvingly
Using Approvingly
- The main meaning on this page is: in an approving manner.
- Useful related words include: with approval, disapprovingly.
- In the example corpus, approvingly often appears in combinations such as: approvingly of, wrote approvingly, on approvingly.
Context around Approvingly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Approvingly
- In this selection, "approvingly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wrote, warning, described, photo, quote and tweeted stand out and add context to how "approvingly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after he approvingly tweeted a and all wrote approvingly of teilhard. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "approvingly" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with approvingly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Composer Hector Berlioz wrote approvingly of the new instrument in 1842. (11 words)
For now, Market Street is “a ghost town,” Mr. Rago said approvingly. (12 words)
The president appeared to approvingly quote Robert Jeffress, a pastor and contributor, in a stream of late-night tweets. (19 words)
Gowers (1973), p. x Fraser noted that though Gowers had said approvingly in 1954 that the use of the subjunctive was dying out, it was now, under the influence of American writing, making an unwelcome reappearance in English usage. (39 words)
Alberta Labour Minister Jason Copping addresses yesterday’s “embargoed news conference” about the UCP’s plan to heap red tape on unions as “Red Tape Reduction Minister” Grant Hunter looks on approvingly (Photo: Screenshot of Alberta Government video). (38 words)
Later years Gillespie performing in 1955 His biographer Alyn Shipton quotes Don Waterhouse approvingly that Gillespie in the fifties "had begun to mellow into an amalgam of his entire jazz experience to form the basis of new classicism". (38 words)
Example sentences (15)
I happen to think that’s just fine, but my wife doesn’t, and she is looking over my shoulder and reading this warning approvingly as I type it.
Alberta Labour Minister Jason Copping addresses yesterday’s “embargoed news conference” about the UCP’s plan to heap red tape on unions as “Red Tape Reduction Minister” Grant Hunter looks on approvingly (Photo: Screenshot of Alberta Government video).
For now, Market Street is “a ghost town,” Mr. Rago said approvingly.
The president appeared to approvingly quote Robert Jeffress, a pastor and contributor, in a stream of late-night tweets.
This was a month after he approvingly tweeted a Noam Chomsky quote about free speech having to include speech you find abhorrent.
And women who follow that advice are rarely described approvingly for “being in touch with their masculine side”, whereas men are highly praised for demonstrating sensitivity or emotion.
At 2:57:00 he begins approvingly quoting some of the anti-Semitic comments made by Rev. Billy Graham and President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office.
Composer Hector Berlioz wrote approvingly of the new instrument in 1842.
Gowers (1973), p. x Fraser noted that though Gowers had said approvingly in 1954 that the use of the subjunctive was dying out, it was now, under the influence of American writing, making an unwelcome reappearance in English usage.
Hallberg, p.125 Laxness also traveled to the Soviet Union and wrote approvingly of the Soviet system and culture.
He speaks approvingly of this, and other forms of divine madness (drunkenness, eroticism, and dreaming) in the Phaedrus (265a–c), and yet in the Republic wants to outlaw Homer's great poetic art, and laughter as well.
In this anti-annexation cartoon from 1869 by "Grinchuckle", Uncle Sam is given the boot by Young Canada as John Bull looks on approvingly.
Later years Gillespie performing in 1955 His biographer Alyn Shipton quotes Don Waterhouse approvingly that Gillespie in the fifties "had begun to mellow into an amalgam of his entire jazz experience to form the basis of new classicism".
Over the next several decades prominent theologians and Church leaders, including leading Cardinals, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI all wrote approvingly of Teilhard's ideas.
The care bestowed by Trajan on the managing of such public spectacles led the orator Fronto to state approvingly that Trajan had paid equal attention to entertainments as well as to serious issues.
Common combinations with approvingly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- approvingly of 4×
- wrote approvingly 3×
- on approvingly 2×
- said approvingly 2×
- approvingly that 2×