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
  • When Hank and Peggy meet a new family who has moved into the neighborhood, the Laotian Souphanousinphones, Hank immediately dislikes the father, Kahn, who is abrasive, competitive, and often rude.
    Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Kevin Carbonneau is one who dislikes the idea of closing the school.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But Buddy, the feature debut of Casper Kelly, lets the genre’s relentlessly upbeat tone slowly curdle in the opening sequence, in which one of the kids refuses to play along with day’s lesson about being brave and trying new things.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • With his final book, however, Morris refuses to draw conclusions, letting the ambiguity of Surrealists’ meanings stand.
    Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But Goldsworthy deplores the city dweller’s notion of the countryside as a picturesque escape.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Isshin disapproves of the use of the Dragon’s Heritage and secretly helps Wolf rescue Kuro by directing his doctor, Emma, to tip off Wolf about Kuro’s location.
    Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Oregon head coach Dan Lanning, whose team could be in a position to benefit from the latest ruling, not only disapproves of the new development, but also listed the many reasons as to why.
    Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In the lawsuit, Kupsh acknowledges attending most of the demonstrations but denies being a ringleader, blocking anyone from campus walkways or refusing orders.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Meta denies these claims, asserting human decisions guide workforce management.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • When a human accepts, rejects or overrides the agent, the organization can reconstruct why—not from a comment field that made sense to the person who wrote it, but from a structured record that holds its meaning after they're gone.
    Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Israel rejects this, viewing the area as disputed rather than occupied.
    Pesha Magid Reuters, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
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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 2 Sep. 2026.

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