Sentence examples for terms of approbation from inspiring English sources

Above all, he is "civilised" (one of his favourite terms of approbation).

We cut our terms of approbation in half: "fabulous" was "Fab!"; "gorgeous" was "Gorge!"; "brilliant" was "Brill!" We emulated the d.j.s we heard on the radio and in clubs.

Watch out for other unfamiliar words to reappear with new meaning: perhaps even "parsimonious", "abstemious", "penny wise" and "provident" might lose their negative associations and become terms of approbation.

These days, every time Messi scuttles through a thicket of defenders and, looking less like a striker than a golfer pensively lining up a putt, slots the ball neatly home, the commentators tend simply to acknowledge that they have already exhausted all possible terms of approbation.

But, on the whole, Copeland and her legacy were spoken of in terms of approbation and with the respect due to the recently departed, although Copeland was in fact present at the meeting, sitting quietly in the rear of the room.

"Long before her death, Lady Thatcher had become a noun (Thatcherism) and an adjective (Thatcherite), terms of approbation to some, and deep disapproval to others.

We are skeptical that he will be able to turn it into a term of approbation.

There is a reason that 'uncompromising' is a term of approbation".

(The name is a pun on "def," a term of approbation in hip-hop, and "tone deaf").

For the first half-hour, this film... well, it is an error of taste for someone over 18 to use the intransitive verb "to rock" as a term of approbation, but it really is great.

That came as a relief this week after the barrage of uncontrolled enthusiasm from the people paid to report on the events at other Olympic venues, for whom "Stonking!" seemed to represent the ultimate term of approbation.