Sentence examples for a mark of approval from inspiring English sources

Without a mark of approval, celebrity biographies don't always sell.

'This is a kind book' was a mark of approval, for a world view in the book tending towards the positive rather than the negative.

"I was certified and stamped with a mark of approval, and I couldn't teach them the one thing they most needed to know how to do," she told me.

Egyptian state television called the turnout a mark of approval for the military's current transition timetable: transfer to an elected president by July, after the military has had a chance to shape the writing of a new constitution that it has suggested should enshrine its power and autonomy from civilian government.

It rang out whenever a fighter needed a boost or a rallying cry, which was often, and after a half dozen bouts, it had become a cheer, a mark of approval like the Olés shouted at Spanish bullfighters.

Responding, Negus thanked the members of the Council for the award and for the privilege of having used college facilities since 1921, concluding: "I take this honour as a mark of approval for any work I have done, and I feel I can now sit back and leave it to others to carry on.

The authors see their astounding sales success as a mark of divine approval.

An earlier visit by a delegation from the 15 countries in the UN's Security Council was hailed as a mark of international approval.

And then there is the possibility that the central bank's presence as a shareholder in quoted companies will be interpreted by other investors as an official mark of approval.

Ms. Sangrey says one reason she embraced the right of gays and lesbians to wed is that marriage is society's mark of approval for a couple.

But even this mark of approval had pierced her like an arrow, shooting anxiety pains through her neck and back, and rattling the nerves of her feet so badly that she hobbled about at the Cripple School meetings, crippled herself, passing the hors d'œuvres.