deprecatory

Example Sentences

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“I totally get why you might think it was arrogance, but it’s more our self deprecatory sense of humour,” he insisted.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2018

That deprecatory note is a common one: the Comic Novel as the revolving bow tie, the novelty Christmas jumper of fiction.

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2018

They may find hidden and deprecatory meanings in the incidental behavior of others …

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2016

In fact, it seems at times as if he or his collaborator, a onetime Newsweek correspondent in Rome, found it hard to choke self-admiration down into a deprecatory gruffness.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Yes, Milo, of course. We all want to spend more time in combat. But people like you and me serve in different ways. Look at my own record,” Colonel Cathcart uttered a deprecatory laugh.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller