frowned (at or on)

past tense of frown (at or on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for frowned (at or on)
Verb
  • So Grace is furious, mostly at Kate (because Kate was the messenger, but also because Grace has always disliked Kate for gunning for her job).
    Trish Deitch, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Some residents disliked the high-security atmosphere in the usually quiet city.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump also revoked Bolton's security detail, which was in place because of threats from Iran.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The president revoked Bolton’s Secret Service detail earlier this year, even as Iranian operatives remained under an indictment for plotting to assassinate him.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Through a lawyer, Minaj denied the claims.
    Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Wendi and her father Harvey have not been charged with any crime and have denied involvement in the plot.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What To Know Noem had said that FEMA funds would be withheld from jurisdictions that refused to assist federal agents with immigration enforcement, often referred to as sanctuary cities or states.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • And while Swift’s equivalent album units figure includes streaming, Adele initially withheld 25 from streaming.
    Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Comey received a slight boost in his case to plead his innocence earlier this week when a judge rejected federal prosecutors’ effort to impose broad restrictions on the evidence Comey can access ahead of trial.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The news caused Salesforce shares to surge as management rejected Wall Street’s narrative of sluggish revenue growth that’s been weighing on investor sentiment in 2025.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Through more than a decade of running a business and raising a son, Whebbe and Paoli refused to give up on getting the Book Lady’s books into the hands of people who will love them.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2025
  • While thousands focused on the federal government at the rally, at least one woman seemed more concentrated on calling out how Attorney General Andrea Campbell has refused to enforce the legislative audit that state voters approved last November.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Broward County Public Schools ultimately disallowed the appearance.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Micky van de Ven’s reckless tackle on Sondre Aukland, straight after Bentancur’s goal had been disallowed, hinted at the underlying frustration.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The President praised the speed with which this modest protest was suppressed.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Secret Commonwealth is the condemnation of a world where imagination—not making things up, but a way of seeing, understanding, feeling the world—is suppressed by the dual forces of cold rationality and religious fundamentalisms that breed authoritarianism.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Frowned (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frowned%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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