deprecatory in a sentence
Examples
- His zeal against alcohol earned him the deprecatory nickname " Wasserkalan "'water Kalan '.
- He is sensitive with a quirky, original intelligence and a dry, urbane, self-deprecatory wit.
- Apart from the self-deprecatory remark, I support Boris's statement of October 2 . ?
- Further, the deprecatory attitude along with the assertions placed on this artist are unmeasured and ill-judged.
- And all feature " Flea Market " prominently, a phrase that not long ago was definitely deprecatory.
- Addresses to the Emperor were always to be formal and self-deprecatory, even by the closest of family members.
- "We always use what in a rather deprecatory manner has been called the cafeteria approach, " he said.
- As he did in 2000, Bush warmed the audience with self-deprecatory jokes including one about his tendency toward malapropisms.
- "I like to ramble on ambiguously for too long, " he says in his self-deprecatory way.
- Though still performing some martial arts roles, he is at home as well in comedic, self-deprecatory or emotional characters.