Which preposition to use with disapprobation

of Occurrences 66%

Another in South Carolina presumes to express in conversation his disapprobation of the murderous assault of Brooks on Senator Sumner, and his pastoral relations are broken up on the instant, as if he had been guilty of gross crime or flagrant heresy.

in Occurrences 6%

On the fifth he went down, and Joan and the baby were so glad that the woman hugged him, and the baby kicked and laughed and screamed at him, while the man stood by cautiously, watching their demonstrations with a gleam of disapprobation in his eyes.

with Occurrences 3%

'I know,' he continues, 'that Sir Joshua expected the appointment would be offered to him on the death of Ramsay, and expressed his disapprobation with regard to soliciting for it; but he was informed that it was a necessary point of etiquette, with which at last he complied.'

by Occurrences 3%

The animal insisted upon squatting on his haunches, and in that position, Hal was dragging him through the dust, the creature all the while expressing his disapprobation by low, snarling growls of defiance, and a vigorous shaking of himself between each growl.

to Occurrences 3%

Nor did they fail to communicate their disapprobation to Tobias; but the latter, in reply, merely pointed at the little, quiet, lovely boy, whose appearance and deportment were indeed as powerful arguments as could possibly have been adduced in his own favor.

on Occurrences 2%

[Manifest signs of disapprobation on part of Deacon Taylor, an extensive owner of town-lots.]

through Occurrences 2%

A little cold, a little reserved, a little lacking in spontaneity, though always correct and always generous in her gifts and often in her acts, her whole nature would rise at any evidence of meanness or ingratitude, and though she said little, you would feel her disapprobation through and through.

from Occurrences 2%

There was, however, no chance for him in the throng, for he was rudely pushed back, and I heard several angry exclamations of disapprobation from the crowd, at the liberty he had taken, one individual in particular crying out, "Kick that nigger off, what has he to do here."

at Occurrences 1%

It is enough to say, that Mr. O'Brallaghan expresses disapprobation at the coldness of the lady.

as Occurrences 1%

Of all the changes which had surprised and perplexed the nation since the death of the last king, none had been received with such general disapprobation as the present.

Which preposition to use with  disapprobation