She greeted me with a look of cold reproof. From LearnThat.org. [ldoceonline.com]
But the reproof is here given to the stronger and more knowing. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
She smiled and in reproof tapped his arm with her fan. From Wordnik.com. [The Madness of John Harned] Reference
How the reproof is expressed: "How long will you do so?". From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
"Miss Audrey, my dear –" began Pierson, in reproof, but. From Wordnik.com. [The Boys and I: A Child's Story for Children] Reference
Meanwhile the bully has had not even a word of reproof from the authorities. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
He reproves them, and the reproof is very close and warm: he calls them foolish Galatians, v. 1. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
But a reproof is given to those that look for him among the dead, -- that look for him among the dead heroes that the. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Not a great solecism, but requiring a modest reproof, which is what it got. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Burns gets too hot to handle] Reference
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Here is something implied; and that is, a reproof of the error and mistake of the Jews. From Wordnik.com. [The Sermons of John Owen] Reference
Yet, had they but known it, this "reproof" was to save the life of many a man that night. From Wordnik.com. [The Brethren] Reference
There was a kind of reproof in the lazy, cool glance which one man after another cast upon me, as I went by. From Wordnik.com. [Elder Conklin and Other Stories] Reference
“Istahi,” a word of every day use in reproof. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
A wise reproof is like an excellent oil (Ps.cxli. 5); it is a tree of life (Prov. iii. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
He never gave me an unkind word or an unkind reproof. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Sometimes the performer mistakes reproof for approval. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
"Freddie -- Freddie" said his mother, in gentle reproof. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at School] Reference
Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
A reproof, there can be no doubt, applicable to the character in the text. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
No reproof fell from the latter's lips as the truant returned to his post. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
"Fie, for shame!" said aunt Glegg, in her loudest, severest tone of reproof. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an excuse according to his will. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof, is foolish. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
He said nothing, only smiled at them and shook his head in sad reproof as he went out. From Wordnik.com. [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference
Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
Mrs Jones's eyes blazed reproof as she answered: "Freddy is not uninteresting," she said. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
He put his hand on my shoulder, and looked at me with a kind of playful reproof in the face. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Instruction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way of life: he that hateth reproof shall die. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
No word of remonstrance was spoken, the faded eyes gazing wearily upon the child held no reproof. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth to reproof shall be glorified. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
Being reminded of this promise, he sent her one, and received a cold letter of reproof from her after another letter was on the way to her. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
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