look kindly on/upon
idiom
: to approve of (something or someone)
Many people do not look kindly on the government's attempt to intervene in this matter.
He says that he will look kindly on any request you make.
Examples of look kindly on/upon in a Sentence
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Hungary, the last member to join the alliance before Finland and Sweden applied, did not look kindly on admitting a country that regularly criticized the Hungarian government and its prime minister, Viktor Orbán.
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Peter Aitken, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
History will not look kindly on those who supported or financed it.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
Instead, you’ll be directed to a space by staff, who will not look kindly on your attempts to save the spaces next to you for your friends’ SUVs.
—Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
This popularity didn’t go unnoticed by the Football Association (FA), soccer’s governing body in England, which didn’t look kindly on the subversion of traditional gender roles or the considerable sums that the sport (and the working-class women within it) was raising.
—Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 17 July 2023
Burke strives to avoid being prescriptive but doesn’t look kindly on either extreme — on the one hand, the capitalist free-for-all that left Pornhub and other sites open to videos involving trafficked women or minors for many years, on the other, a moralist crusade to ban all pornography.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
Preseason projections do not look kindly upon the 2023 Red Sox.
—Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
Alternatively, the almighty Twitch Drops gods might look kindly upon you.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
And there are early indications his administration might look kindly on American companies eager to ship the abundant fuel overseas.
—Sammy Roth Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2021
Peter Aitken, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
History will not look kindly on those who supported or financed it.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
Instead, you’ll be directed to a space by staff, who will not look kindly on your attempts to save the spaces next to you for your friends’ SUVs.
—Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
This popularity didn’t go unnoticed by the Football Association (FA), soccer’s governing body in England, which didn’t look kindly on the subversion of traditional gender roles or the considerable sums that the sport (and the working-class women within it) was raising.
—Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 17 July 2023
Burke strives to avoid being prescriptive but doesn’t look kindly on either extreme — on the one hand, the capitalist free-for-all that left Pornhub and other sites open to videos involving trafficked women or minors for many years, on the other, a moralist crusade to ban all pornography.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
Preseason projections do not look kindly upon the 2023 Red Sox.
—Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
Alternatively, the almighty Twitch Drops gods might look kindly upon you.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
And there are early indications his administration might look kindly on American companies eager to ship the abundant fuel overseas.
—Sammy Roth Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2021
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“Look kindly on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20kindly%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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