Approved

Examples

• Sir Thomas approved of it for another reason. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Approved, March the 2d, 1791. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• His suggestions were finally approved, although they did not immediately find favor in Washington. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Pin it round your neck, and then it will be useful, said Laurie, looking down at the little blue boots, which he evidently approved of. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I approved, for my part, the amusing one's self with poetry now and then, so far as to improve one's language, but no farther. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• If any of them had approved the move they did not say so to me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I have taken a book written by one eminent professor and evidently approved by others, for they use it as a text-book. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I am happy you approved, said Emma, smiling; but I hope I am not often deficient in what is due to guests at Hartfield. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Mr. Justice Stareleigh summed up, in the old-established and most approved form. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Fanny saw that she was approved; and the consciousness of looking well made her look still better. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• McClernand approved this move reluctantly, as Sherman says. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I always have supposed, said Miss Ophelia, that you, all of you, approved of these things, and thought them _right_--according to Scripture. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Can virtue, approved excellence in any line, be learned, they asked? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Hunter's name was suggested, and I heartily approved. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I must have been hard to please, indeed, if I had not approved of the room, and of everything about it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mechanical perfection is as nearly approached as it is possible for the best brains and the most approved methods of manufacture to attain. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But neither of these resources was approved of in the parlour. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I mentioned the suggestion to Mr. Bruff and Betteredge--who both approved of my adopting it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• My uncle Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me his shorthand volumes of sermons to set up with, if I would learn shorthand. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I informed the legislature of the State of what I was doing, and my action was approved by the majority of that body. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mr. Micawber had stated his idea of this petition to the club, and the club had strongly approved of the same. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• On my return, I found that our application had been approved at Washington. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Diana and Mary approved the step unreservedly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I approved of General Smith's promotion highly, as I did all the promotions that were made. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Burnside had submitted the scheme to Meade and myself, and we both approved of it, as a means of keeping the men occupied. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The Count had approved of her idea, and she now hoped that I approved of it too. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In general, it was a very well approved match. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Of course I approved heartily. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• During the first months of his Protectorate, Raymond and she had been inseparable; each project was discussed with her, each plan approved by her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The project was approved, and every member undertook to form his club: but they did not all succeed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

Editor: Oswald