disparage
Example Sentences
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He called upon people to love their enemies, not rebuke them or disparage their existence.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
“Yesterday, you hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Spielberg, for his part, was careful not to disparage streaming.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
"This information in no way is meant to disparage or to condone or support or agree with any of the actions that occurred yesterday," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
This caused perhaps the most publicized dissent against the Lazarus woodpecker, with op-ed pieces running weekly in the paper to disparage John Barling and his mob of birdwatcher friends.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
Vocabulary lists containing disparage
The Bill of Rights
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Grade 11, List 2
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All About That Baseless: Bad-Faith Accusations
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