How To Use Approbatory In A Sentence
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Perhaps someday it will return to Victoria's inner harbour and enlighten the city with approbatory friendly fire in greedy pursuit of our oil, gas, and fresh water.
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The special wine stored in Odysseus's palace against his return is described in approbatory fashion as ‘aged’; and the wine that Nestor brings out in honor of Telemachos is, we are told, 11 years old.
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Stunning" was not one of my words, though of course I was approbatory.
The Scandal of 'Ulysses'
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Mrs. Moore could speak — Very true, however, was all she said, with a motion of her head that expressed the bow-approbatory.
Clarissa Harlowe
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(Chorus of giggles and approbatory nods from the sympathizing audience of fifty.)
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
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Or maybe German readers are just more polite about sending approbatory messages to favourite authors.
:Acquired Taste
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In discussing the translation of his work, he was extremely approbatory.
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Some reviewers of my book took exception to the approbatory tone in which I described this popular religion.
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That they endeavour to procure from the National Government the appropriation of adequate funds to aid the voluntary emigration of all emancipated people of colour, to any country where a suitable asylum may be found: and that, as an auxiliary means, they petition the state legislature for the passage of resolutions approbatory of such measure.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921
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Even Ken Follett, whose truly appalling novel World Without End befouled my mind for a fortnight, can been seen to have a positive effect; when I was reading some reviews to see if anyone else thought it as bad as I did, I came across a couple of approbatory references to Sharon Kay Penman, along the lines of "this is how it should be done".
:Acquired Taste
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Chloe went through the same process; they looked significantly at each other, nodded, set the pitchers on the slab, and gave a little approbatory cough.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)
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File of its place approbatory , appoint with it for bogus document, content does not have distinction, distinction depends on carrying out the accessory that collect fees only.
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Here, ‘diamond’ is approbatory, so the overall sense is ‘a good sort’.
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Today even the "approbatory" epithet seems too strong as Ellmann's final word on the text that he watched disintegrate.
The Scandal of 'Ulysses'
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Hence, doubtless, the unusual volume of publicity material that accompanied the review copy of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, including a photograph of Miss Young delivering that mighty pile of typescript, and two pages of advance comments on the novel, all of them, in principle, favorable, ranging from the full-throated ecstatic to the mildly approbatory.
Queen for a Day
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Honorary degree Ministry of Education not approbatory.
