Use "deprecating" in a sentence

1. Erica made a little deprecating shrug.

2. He gave a self-deprecating shrug.

3. Antonyms for Braggart include modest, unassuming, humble, deprecating, self-belittling, self-deprecating, self-effacing, unconceited, effacing and acquiescent

4. Antonyms for Bragging include modest, humble, egoless, uncomplacent, self-effacing, lowly, unassuming, self-belittling, self-deprecating and deprecating

5. Her mother put on a deprecating look.

6. The teacher gave the boys a deprecating stare.

7. I absolutely advocate telling a self-deprecating joke.

8. She glanced at me in a deprecating way.

9. He made perfect, self-deprecating jokes and gracious presentations.

10. He shrugged the suggestion off with a deprecating smile.

11. She reacted to his compliments with a deprecating laugh.

12. Jones also has a very self-deprecating sense of humour.

13. His book includes a deprecating reference to Reagan's economic policy.

14. The nice thing about him is his self-deprecating manner.

15. 7 synonyms for Belittling: denigration, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, slighting, depreciative, depreciatory

16. Sharon tells the story of that night with self-deprecating humour.

17. Meet thirty - three - year - old Clara Hutt: irreverent, sometimes unkind , always self - deprecating.

18. If those thoughts turn negative or self - deprecating, kindly change the subject.

19. Her deprecating smile clearly showed that she thought I'd said something stupid.

20. And few are more humorous, possessing the ability to be simultaneously self-deprecating and boastful.

21. He shrugged his shoulders and smiled as if deprecating his lack of education.

22. This time Laimonis's self-deprecating laugh does not cover the pain, and something else, hostility perhaps.

23. Apologising for ourselves Apologising and being self-deprecating can let you off the hook.

24. He was quick to use self - deprecating humor to throw anyone off the scent.

25. But he often greets strangers with self-deprecating humor and a boyish enthusiasm that is not without charm.

26. On many other cuts, though, he goofs around in a self- deprecating way that actually seems phony.

27. McInerney faces these questions through Patrick, who is the most recent of a line of self-deprecating McInerney narrators.

28. Synonyms for Captious include critical, carping, cavilling, fault-finding, hypercritical, censorious, deprecating, disparaging, nagging and overcritical

29. Gottfried had the gentle, self-deprecating air of a good butler and like a good butler he missed very little.

30. Mr. Tepper wears jeans and sneakers to work, and can be self - deprecating , playing down his successes.

31. Chances are you may not even realize you're making such statements, or that they're self-deprecating, Dr.

32. Returning to the metaphor of interpersonal relations, humble, self-deprecating people generally have little trouble finding friends.

33. 26 On many other cuts, though, he goofs around in a self- deprecating way that actually seems phony.

34. Then it began to sweep slowly over her in the deprecating manner that Jessamy remembered so clearly from four years ago.

35. Chances are you may not even realize you're making such statements, or that they're self-deprecating, Dr. Bennett says.

36. His eyes danced, his self-deprecating humor worked and his arms and fingers lunged in all directions for effect.

37. The president began his remarks by acknowledging the storm of controversy his visit caused with a dose of self-deprecating humor.

38. But her self-deprecating joke from our first session was repeated in our second session, and then again, verbatim, in our third.

39. He's also a likable guy in private conversation: very smart but alert to what you're saying and self-deprecating to a fault.

40. Friends describe Ms. Chua as self-deprecating and a dry wit, her children as happy, and their home as humming with music and activity and, yes, love.

41. Come afternoon, I'll wax nostalgic about my humble beginnings as a junior executive, merrily sharing an anecdote that's both self-aggrandizing and self-deprecating.

42. New advertisers should use the latest integration (refer to the new API specs in the section above) as Google will be deprecating the legacy API soon.

43. Gaidar, a diminutive and tubby figure with a mordant and self-deprecating sense of humour, emerged as the dominant thinker and natural leader of his group.

44. Because he is so honest, he does not shy away from writing about any of these controversies, often with lacerating self criticism and always with self-deprecating charm.

45. An insomniac who has the face of "Chucky, " he's also funny and self-deprecating, telling such stories as George Seifert balling him out for sharpening the famed 49ers coach's playwriting pencils.

46. C.MustBindwith() being an alias of c.Bindwith() and soft deprecating the last one (just a message via fmt.Println), for a future change of behavior, by moving c.ShouldBindwith() back to c.Bindwith()

47. Shirley Boffey's father, now dead, fought at Arnhem and was always happy to reminisce about his experiences, mainly a self-deprecating account of arriving on the battlefield too late to be a hero.

48. Well-known for his wild blonde hair, his self-deprecating humour and his reputation for gaffes and blunders,(sentencedict .com) Mr Johnson has been a colourful figure in British politics for many years.

49. 23 Shirley Boffey's father, now dead, fought at Arnhem and was always happy to reminisce about his experiences, mainly a self-deprecating account of arriving on the battlefield too late to be a hero.

50. And the Beefcakey Boreanaz remains a self-deprecating good sport about giving his fans what they want -- no matter how many episodes require him to strip off his shirt and fight like a gladiator.

51. While I happen to consider the term Asinine as defined by the Bush Administration, putting it in quotes is approximately equivalent to preceding it with a deprecating but information-free phrase such as so-called.

52. Combining the absurd with self-deprecating humour, these 1-minute ads continue to feature Denis Surprenant, a real-estate agent whose heart is in the right place, but whose ideas tend to result in hilarious, if not over-the-top situations.

53. In the tradition of such Anatomizers of late British imperialism as Graham Greene, Malcolm Lowry and Evelyn Waugh, Marnham documents with tragic irony and self-deprecating wit the fate of parts of the world that were once administered - and are still in many ways controlled - …

54. Apologetic: 1 adj offering or expressing apology “an Apologetic note” “an Apologetic manner” Synonyms: excusatory defensive , justificative , justificatory attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing self-deprecating conscious of your own shortcomings Antonyms: unApologetic unwilling to make or express an apology

55. Belittling: 1 adj tending to diminish or disparage “ Belittling comments” Synonyms: deprecating , deprecative , deprecatory , depreciative , depreciatory , slighting uncomplimentary tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage n the act of Belittling Type of: disparagement , dispraise the act of speaking contemptuously of n a Belittling

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