Frowned is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Frowned meaning
simple past and past participle of frown
Using Frowned
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of frown
- In the example corpus, frowned often appears in combinations such as: frowned upon, frowned at, is frowned.
Context around Frowned
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Frowned
- In this selection, "frowned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, colletti, typically, parsons and upon stand out and add context to how "frowned" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ajayi has frowned at the and and he frowned and he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "frowned" sits close to words such as acumen, agri and ajayi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with frowned
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rose frowned and looked away. (5 words)
But for whatever reason, it's frowned upon and forbidden. (10 words)
He didn’t wear his uniform because it would be frowned upon. (12 words)
But they must first say farewell to their regular lives, which include eldest daughter Nina's (Zoe Colletti) frowned-upon relationship with her college boyfriend and son Kyle's (Van Crosby) even more frowned-upon pro-gaming hobby. (38 words)
But he also reflected on what some persons have seen as an erosion of elements of the local culture and the infusion and acceptance of a new order that many older persons in the community have frowned upon. (38 words)
Teenage pregnancy is frowned upon, with the young ladies often meeting stigmatisation, disdain and reproach in society, but for many young mothers like Anna, motherhood has provided renewed motivation, and an unwavering will to succeed despite the odds. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
But they must first say farewell to their regular lives, which include eldest daughter Nina's (Zoe Colletti) frowned-upon relationship with her college boyfriend and son Kyle's (Van Crosby) even more frowned-upon pro-gaming hobby.
But for whatever reason, it's frowned upon and forbidden.
But he also reflected on what some persons have seen as an erosion of elements of the local culture and the infusion and acceptance of a new order that many older persons in the community have frowned upon.
Especially in regions where prejudices are still strong, and sharing with each other is frowned upon, companies compete with each other.
Hader was known for laughing a lot on the air, which was typically frowned upon.
He didn’t wear his uniform because it would be frowned upon.
Her grandmother’s grandfather originally spoke his Indigenous tongue, but “it was frowned upon even to be Native American in this town,” Wyrick said.
It also frowned at the activities of some persons claiming to be election observers, who appear on radio and TV stations to present skewed and false information about the conduct of the elections.
It doesn’t go unnoticed in my ‘readings’ that it’s frowned upon to question the troubles in the Ukraine (or ‘Russia’s war in the Ukraine’) as is constantly titled in mainstream media.
It’s frowned upon that the tech-filled balloon should not have collected any information while in flight, as the US now claims.
It was no longer illegal to have gay sex in England and Wales if you were over 21, but it was still frowned upon.
Lutonadio Maria Manuel, sitting next to him, frowned and nodded in agreement.
Parsons frowned on the way persons come into the BVI and habitually rename the territory’s cultural festivities.
Rose frowned and looked away.
Teenage pregnancy is frowned upon, with the young ladies often meeting stigmatisation, disdain and reproach in society, but for many young mothers like Anna, motherhood has provided renewed motivation, and an unwavering will to succeed despite the odds.
The Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi has frowned at the violence that occurred at Sagamu yesterday, calling on youths to embrace peace.
The clothing and apparel industry is placed into the consumer discretionary basket, and now this basket is frowned upon.
The man looked up from his papers then, and he frowned, and he sighed deeply, and he rubbed the bridge of his nose.
Thus hoodies, bonnets and durags have been frowned upon in corporate America.
Uzbek and Kyrgyz women are not the only ones suspected of being involved in the sex industry and frowned upon by Georgian border guards.
Common combinations with frowned
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- frowned upon 81×
- frowned at 29×
- is frowned 14×
- frowned on 14×
- was frowned 10×
- be frowned 9×
- and frowned 9×
- he frowned 6×
- has frowned 5×
- were frowned 5×