Sentence examples for official approbation from inspiring English sources
The reprobate cop Mark turns to him as well, seeking official approbation and a father figure.
In 1520 Pope Leo X gave the rosary official approbation, and it has been repeatedly commended by the Roman Catholic church.
But KeySpan officials said they would also risk severe approbation from environmental and civic groups as well as some elected officials if the company took a more conventional path and sold the property to the highest bidder regardless of future use.
Long before the war, many reporters had adjusted to the pressures by seeking the approbation of the Information Ministry officials who approved visas, assigned minders and controlled special favors.
In America, it came to refer to the suits — the Washington lawyers, the New York bankers, and the university presidents, along with their academic and journalistic epigones — upon whose wisdom elected officials were accustomed to rely, and without whose approbation no public policy could be expected to succeed.
This was done after Fahd had received the approbation of the kingdom's highest-ranking religious official, Sheikh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz, who agreed that non-Muslims could defend Islam's holiest places.
This resulted in official recognition of the sect by the dynasty; the celestial masters in turn expressed their spiritual approbation of the Wei's mandate to replace the Han.
Nobel officials are acutely aware of the criticism and controversy that some of their choices have generated, as well as the more common approbation.
Homeless people deserve neither praise nor approbation.
They want his attention, his approbation.
