She was crying-her tears for the bitter pain she concluded I was suffering-mingling doubtless with sorrow for her own sources of grief-for it was clear to me that whoever may have been my favoured rival, the attachment was either unknown to, or unsanctioned by the mother.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
He committed it to the discretion of no one, but was himself the director, and allowed no loom to set up its patterns unsanctioned by his order.
"The Tapestry Book"
Helen Churchill Candee
In other words, we ask the study of nature to lead us to the knowledge of ourselves; and it is because we approach this great problem from a point as yet unsanctioned by dogmatic authority, that I am reluctantly obliged"-and here he turned to Odo with a smile-"to throw a veil of privacy over these inoffensive meetings."
"The Valley of Decision"
Edith Wharton