disparagingly

Example Sentences

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One record exec at the time disparagingly called it a “rock version of a corporate merger.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

As many have noted disparagingly, Netflix’s recent extension of the Sussexes’ deal is still a multi-year affair, but now only gives Netflix a first-look option on future Archewell productions.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2025

He has quoted the Fed’s Twitter posts disparagingly.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023

But they are committed to ensuring that what they refer to disparagingly as “Cop City” will never be built.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023

“The bulk of them,” one critic said disparagingly, “are scarcely known beyond the smoke of their own chimnies.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy