Only an arched eyebrow would convey disapproval.
But with some no longer in the line of fire, he evidently felt freer to use a term that would convey disapproval, while still making clear the actions in question were an aberration.
Alex's verbal response reinforces a view that Graham's turn, though non-verbal, has the power to convey disapproval and anger; he says "I know it is!," and his own intonation conveys rising frustration and defensiveness (line 32).
Those who were consuming above average received their feedback with a sad face, conveying disapproval of their higher footprint.
Slimy Gekko rushes up to greet him and Carter's sudden, pop-eyed expression is evidently intended to convey baffled disapproval.
WASHINGTON — After several deadly factory disasters in Bangladesh — including the collapse of an eight-story garment factory last month that left at least 1,127 people dead — labor advocates are stepping up pressure on the Obama administration, calling for it to convey its disapproval of working conditions in the country by revoking its special trade status.
Although sarcasm is the most common from of verbal irony and is widely used to convey thinly disguised disapproval, contempt and scorn, little or no research has been carried out on its effects.
Once appropriated by Christianity, however, the term heresy began to convey a note of disapproval.
And "Watch the Animals," which employs a royal "we" voice to convey a community's disapproval of a local eccentric, provides a thoroughly predictable portrait of a snobbish, upper-crust town.
Stung by the implicit comparison of President Bush to the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, and his appeasement of the Nazis, the White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer, said that Mr. Bush had instructed Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to call Mr. Sharon Thursday night to convey the president's disapproval.
"It would be very difficult for C.L.S. to sincerely and effectively convey a message of disapproval of certain types of conduct if, at the same time, it must accept members who engage in that conduct," Judge Diane S. Sykes wrote for the majority of a divided three-judge panel.
