Use of reproof in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include reproof at the start of sentence, reproof at the end of sentence and reproof in the middle of sentence

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reproof at the end of sentence


  1. He is impatient of reproof.
  2. She raised her eyebrows in reproof.
  3. They spoke in tones of gentle reproof.
  4. Carrie felt this as a personal reproof.
  5. She greeted me with a look of cold reproof.
  6. The warmth of her smile belied the reproof.
  7. His words were a mixture of pity and reproof.
  8. Ted was leaning back, smoking a cigarette without reproof.
  9. Nor did things improve as he grew beyond subjection to state reproof.
  10. My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof.
  11. When Gebrec approached, he took him by the arm and murmured something which Melissa took to be a mild reproof.

reproof in the middle of sentence


  1. She got a sharp reproof for being late.
  2. No reason for the reproof is suggested.
  3. A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit.
  4. She received a mild reproof from the teacher.
  5. The reproof, justified or not, is significant.
  6. To correct by punishment or reproof; take to task.
  7. This particular reproof irritated him more than any other.
  8. To my surprise the Gold King took the reproof with equanimity.
  9. Her voice was balanced precisely between reproof and mild shock.
  10. You can scarcely expect to escape reproof for such irresponsible.
  11. He picked up the broken vase without a word of reproof to his son.
  12. Tom swept up the broken glass without a word of reproof to his son.
  13. You can scarcely expect to escape reproof for such irresponsible behavior.
  14. He that can bear a reproof,and mend by it,if he is not wise,is in a fair way of being so.
  15. The reproof of Beatrice is not, I conceive, as remote as it might seem from our own world.
  16. Shame on shame, and the sight of the awful mixture of distress and reproof in his parents' faces.
  17. There had been something of a reproof in that letter, even though no word of it had been written openly.
  18. A similar distinction may be made between praise and reproof on the one hand and credit and blame on the other.

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