Verb (used with object) : The Senate disapproved the nominations.    From Dictionary.com. 

He turned to find Christine Chapel standing before him, her expression disapproving.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trellisane Confrontation] Reference

We all learned to love each other in disapproving of our president’s handling of the job.    From Wordnik.com.  [dick | clusterflock] Reference

Will they even pass a resolution "disapproving" of it?.    From Wordnik.com.  [House Dems' Resolution: "Congress Disapproves" Of Escalation] Reference

When I heard this kind of disapproving groan come out of him, it made me happy.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Change in the Wind] Reference

And now the Republicans claim they are going to introduce a resolution "disapproving" of my behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference

They were kind of disapproving, but we went to the bookies, and I sneakily put twenty pounds on Rolled Gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bono On Bono]

I realize that sounds kind of disapproving when I type it, but really.    From Wordnik.com.  [BuzzFeed - Latest] Reference

One common example is a resolution expressing the sense of the House "disapproving" an action of a foreign government.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Read] Reference

Héctor elbowed me and gave me a disapproving look.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ashes to ashes, dust to dust] Reference

She pursed her lips and shook her head in disapproving surprise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference

We must find him wherever we find man, approving or disapproving.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880] Reference

Leonard frowned, disapproving of his grandfather's inappropriate sense of humor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wind in the Woods] Reference

Joel frowned and Mary drew back abashed, quailing before his disapproving glance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference

At first I handed them out willingly, though with a sigh and a disapproving frown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famine] Reference

She was grim and disapproving as the flushed pair brought up, panting, before her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference

"She's made her bed -- let her lie in it," said the disapproving mother, gloomily.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Janice Day Won] Reference

So I think in some ways it's a cipher for disapproving or not liking the president.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Americans Question President's Religion] Reference

Within a week the innovations had reduced him to a condition of disapproving dumbness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference

Shame, on the other hand, occurs when kids form mental images of a disapproving parent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raising A Moral Child] Reference

Katy looked so gravely disapproving that Marian had hard work to keep her face straight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicken Little Jane] Reference

Wept for all the derisive laughter, the pointed fingers, his father's disapproving glares.    From Wordnik.com.  [FOR SCIENCE!] Reference

That is almost seven in ten, with only one in four disapproving, and is quite simply astonishing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Weigant: Digging In To Obama's (And Republicans') Poll Numbers] Reference

Marie follow her glance: she looks red and confused when she sees Léon's stern, disapproving face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference

 What bliss to step out of the bath, out of my clothes, and into bed without a disapproving audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [I see other women] Reference

Critics were generally disapproving of late movies like "Dreams" (1990) and "Rhapsody in August" (1991).    From Wordnik.com.  [Tolstoy With A Camera] Reference

As a veteran teacher, I have met with many disapproving glances when I've questioned all the emphasis on "me.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Striking A Healthy Balance] Reference

     One of the older men cleared his throat in a disapproving manner to get the attention of the veteran.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sorry, Charlie] Reference

Tripp was somewhat disapproving -- she began referring to Clinton as "the big creep" -- but she was eager for details.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton And The Intern] Reference

The ratings for Republicans in Congress, however, were even worse, with 31 percent approving and 68 percent disapproving.    From Wordnik.com.  [As November nears, voters turn backs on both parties] Reference

Mr. LD BEGHTOL (Author, "69 Love Songs: A Field Guide"): Cold and distant and judgmental and disapproving and slow talking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Assisted Listen: The Magnetic Fields' 'Distortion'] Reference

Did Qubilah just want her disapproving family to see her "finally do something to make them proud?" wonders a family friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tale Of Two Lonely Lives] Reference

So productive was she during those days, despite her pain, that even disapproving Ursula nodded and smiled at her production.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Color of Silence is Radium Green] Reference

He clearly identifies with Bush's struggle to forge an identity in the face of a powerful, disapproving father (James Cromwell).    From Wordnik.com.  [Not Much Dubya in Stone’s ‘W.’] Reference

You're a millionaire, live like one, she says, casting a disapproving gaze on the chain-link surroundings during her meeting with Julian.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Drill Sergeant of Love] Reference

          Tiny cleared his throat — I thought he was maybe choking on one of them quiches, but he gave me a disapproving look.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maximum Security Book Group] Reference

Then, on Sept. 11, The New York Times published a story on Boehner's "tight ties with a circle of lobbyists" that quoted disapproving Dems.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Necessary Man] Reference