frowns (at or on)

present tense third-person singular of frown (at or on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for frowns (at or on)
Verb
  • The end result is that no one dislikes him, and Lee’s day passes without much friction, which doesn’t make for blistering TV.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Nobody dislikes uncertainty more than the markets dislike uncertainty.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many Democrats have adopted a more brash and confrontational style of politics, which refuses to keep anything quiet.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Paul Thomas Anderson fits a generation’s worth of cineplex joys into One Battle After Another, but the revolution refuses to get off the couch.
    Jonathan Lethem, The New York Review of Books, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Saft deplores this conciliatory blandness.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dunbar sued the company in 2022, alleging that the production failed to accommodate his belief in the tenets of the Congregation of Universal Wisdom, which disapproves of vaccines and other medical interventions.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The Disneyland Paris backstory focuses on mining company owner Henry Ravenswood who disapproves of his daughter Melanie’s engagement but dies before the wedding.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ali reiterates her concerns that Anton was different in the pods and denies that his job or ambition were factors in her decision.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Despite his reputation as a womanizer, the former King denies the affair in his memoir.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cooper made a film that rejects the conventions of its genre, that is unafraid to be slow and patient in the telling of its narrative, and that wasn’t made to appeal to everyone immediately upon release.
    Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The October court order rejects the Department of Education’s motion to dismiss the case and blocks the administration from implementing the discontinuation against nearly 50 grantees across the country while the lawsuit continues.
    Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Frowns (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frowns%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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