Adjective : a reproachful look. From Dictionary.com.
"So," said my grandmother to my grandfather, in reproachful tones, "you 've gone and shut the calf up from its mother.". From Wordnik.com. [Oldtown Folks] Reference
I guess it was the kind of look you would call reproachful. From Wordnik.com. [When Lightning Strikes] Reference
For what thou callest bitter and reproachful, that is my portion, if I cause thee to be slain who hast shared my toils. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
I do love how he looks kind of reproachful and humiliated in that first picture. From Wordnik.com. [» Leashing the Baby Strocel.com] Reference
"Who-are-you-shagging?" type question is a kind of reproachful look. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Suddenly I understood that all the others were looking at me in a kind of reproachful astonishment. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship Village] Reference
Malone stared at Boyd with a reproachful expression. From Wordnik.com. [Out Like a Light] Reference
Janetta's reproachful call rang in her ears for days. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
"And you, too, Irma!" was Marjorie's reproachful cry. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
At the first words Tom turned reproachful eyes upon her. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
Miss Campbell turned reproachful eyes upon her relative. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
"Was it my fault?" replied the boy, in a reproachful tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
"There are degrees," he replied with a reproachful glance. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
His reproachful glance brought the color to my pale cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
She regarded Trix with anxious and almost reproachful eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
It was the same clock that used to say reproachful things to. From Wordnik.com. [Glory and the Other Girl] Reference
There's Jackie's reproachful wife, Annie (Fionnula Flanagan). From Wordnik.com. [The Pluck Of The Irish] Reference
"Knaves! knaves!" cried the reproachful voice of the landlord. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Joe's reproachful denial both in words and looks was eloquent. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
Consuelo was determined, indignant, distressingly reproachful!. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
She lifted her eyes, accusing, passionately reproachful, to his. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Billie felt strangely irritated, and then reproachful of herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
Miss Butts looked dazedly from the amused and reproachful Babbie to. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
Lucile shot a reproachful glance at her friend, who laughed shamelessly. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
There was angelic sweetness in the voice, pleading, reproachful, piteous. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Was there really a sorrowful, almost reproachful, intonation in her voice?. From Wordnik.com. [A Bachelor's Dream] Reference
The eyes were very reproachful, and the man's hand was held out entreatingly. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
"Don't," a reproachful glance from under her long fringed lashes, "that is not kind.". From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
His face, reflected from the dingy glass, had never appeared so ugly and reproachful. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
Elfreda gave Miriam a reproachful glance over her shoulder as she left the dining room. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College] Reference
"Madame, your piano is half a tone too low," said the basso, with a reproachful accent. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But I know she looked at me with an expression of infinite reproachful longing and asked. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Something in the reproachful ring of that "Good-bye," startled Constance out of her grief. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
The girls threw a reproachful look at the traitress, who made a defiant little mouth at them. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
I looked up significantly and met Dr. Campbell's mock-reproachful glance, resting full upon me. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Everard looked so sad and reproachful as she said this, that she felt sorry for the hasty words. From Wordnik.com. [Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma] Reference
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