terms of disparagement
Example Sentences
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The universities are spoken of in terms of disparagement by men of all classes.
From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter
It is ever an ungracious task to speak in terms of disparagement of a lady.
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)
Why are Mr. L�wenthal and Mr. Brien, quondam editorial prot�g�s, now never spoken of but in terms of disparagement?
From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes
Even the diminutive size of the New York member was mentioned in terms of disparagement.
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)
For Afy had once hinted in terms of disparagement at that very apron.
From East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
