All 12 Uses of
reproach
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Oh," she added reproachfully, turning to Matthew, "why didn't you tell me at the station that you didn't want me and leave me there?†
Chpt 3
- "How can you call it a GOOD night when you know it must be the very worst night I've ever had?" she said reproachfully.†
Chpt 3
- "I think he's lovely," said Anne reproachfully.†
Chpt 4
- Because whenever I was naughty Mrs. Thomas would ask me how I could be such a bad girl when she had brought me up by hand—reproachful-like.†
Chpt 5 *
- "You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair," said Anne reproachfully.†
Chpt 7
- Anne started off irreproachable, arrayed in the stiff black-and-white sateen, which, while decent as regards length and certainly not open to the charge of skimpiness, contrived to emphasize every corner and angle of her thin figure.†
Chpt 11
- "Oh how could you, Anne?" breathed Diana as they went down the road half reproachfully, half admiringly.†
Chpt 15
- "It isn't nonsense at all," said Anne, gazing at Marilla with solemn, reproachful eyes.†
Chpt 15
- But she always checked the thought reproachfully, remembering what she owed to Marilla.†
Chpt 30
- I was so interested in it that I never noticed Miss Stacy coming down the aisle until all at once I just looked up and there she was looking down at me, so reproachful-like.†
Chpt 30
- "I thought you liked that Stella Maynard better than me," said Diana reproachfully.†
Chpt 36
- "You've been working too hard today, Matthew," she said reproachfully.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(reproach) a criticism; or to express criticism or disappointment -- especially where a relationship makes the disapproval result in disappointment or shameeditor's notes: The expression "beyond reproach" is often used to indicate that one must not only be careful to do everything right, but must be careful not to do anything that might make people suspect they did something wrong. For example, politicians often need to behave in a manner that is beyond reproach.
"Beyond reproach" can also suggest that something is perfect. More rarely, it can also be used to suggest that someone is too powerful or too well-connected to criticize.