Sentence examples for common approbation from inspiring English sources
Nobel officials are acutely aware of the criticism and controversy that some of their choices have generated, as well as the more common approbation.
A skillful artist who left behind a limited oeuvre of refined, appealing works, Taneyev now occupies a status between historical footnote and that common gesture of polite approbation, "respected pedagogue".
Their mutual care and approbation is inspiring".
Since the idea of morality implies something universal, there must be some sentiment of sympathy or (he later says) humanity, which is common to all human beings, and which 'recommends the same object to general approbation' (Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, IX. I. 221).
They are caused by contemplating the person or action to be evaluated without regard to our self-interest, and from a common or general perspective that compensates for certain likely distortions in the observer's sympathies, as explained in Section 8. Approval (approbation) is a pleasure, and disapproval (disapprobation) a pain or uneasiness.
Looking for praise and approbation.
Pugliucci closes on a note of approbation.
One sort of reward is public approbation.
Homeless people deserve neither praise nor approbation.
They want his attention, his approbation.
