How to Use disapprove in a Sentence

disapprove

verb

• The treaty was disapproved by the Senate.
• She married him even though her parents disapproved.
• At the same time, just 24% of Democrats approved of the court and 76% disapproved.
  — Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 24 May 2023
• Well, two-thirds of the country would disapprove of a self-pardon.
  — NBC News, 17 Jan. 2021
• While 77% of Democrats back the plan, 62% of Republicans disapprove of it, the poll found.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
• The poll showed that 56% of voters disapprove of the president.
  — Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2022
• Carey herself took to the internet to disapprove and fans are loving it, to say the least.
  — Laura Furr Mericas, Chron, 19 Dec. 2020
• Alaskans would be asked in 2026 to approve or disapprove the result.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2021
• On the flip side, only 2% of those who disapprove of the job Biden is doing give Congress high marks.
  — Michael Lee, Washington Examiner, 18 Apr. 2021
• The number who disapprove of both parties is at an all-time high.
  — Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2024
• The shade of Alfred Stieglitz, O’Keeffe’s dealer and husband, may disapprove of this.
  — Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
• The number of Brazilians who disapprove of the president slumped to 34% from 44%.
  — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2020
• That’s a change from the 45% who approved of his performance in January and the 55% who disapproved.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2023
• If some of his colleagues disapproved, Clarke didn’t mind.
  — Robert Hutton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
• Even if some still disapprove, many older adults don’t care.
  — Francine Russo, Time, 19 Sep. 2021
• The biographer told The Post that some Britons may disapprove of having a child out-of-wedlock.
  — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
• The majority of voters disapprove of the job that Biden and Harris have done.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
• Younger people and those in larger cities were more likely to disapprove.
  — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
• But at least one person disapproved of the venture: Carter himself.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
• The poll found 56% of Americans disapprove of the way Biden is handling the conflict, compared with 40% who approve.
  — Ellen Knickmeyer and Emily Swanson, Star Tribune, 23 June 2021
• Sick of living in the spotlight of his dad’s permanently disapproving glare, Sergei leaves home and learns the ways of the jungle.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
• Biden has until April 9 to approve or disapprove the ITC ruling.
  — Andy Peters, ajc, 23 Mar. 2021
• The same survey found 63% of residents disapprove of the job the city government is doing.
  — Jon Michael Raasch, Fox News, 23 July 2023
• For the first time in an Iowa Poll, more Iowans disapprove of Grassley’s job performance than approve.
  — Stephen Gruber-Miller, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• Joshua didn’t stop singing, but looked up from the piano with a concerned, disapproving look on his face and shook his head at the fan who started heckling her.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 15 Mar. 2023
• Wynne knew about the vigilante violence against the homeless, and disapproved of it.
  — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• But the women may also disapprove of each other’s choices, or even pursue the same guy.
  — Washington Post, 28 July 2021
• Sanders is the first progressive senator to take the extra step to formally disapprove of the sale.
  — Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN, 20 May 2021
• People tend to approve or disapprove of them in tandem.
  — Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2022
• But in this week's poll, those numbers were exactly reversed: 64 percent of Democrats approved of the pardon, and 21 percent disapproved.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Jan 2025