Sentence examples similar to acts of denigration from inspiring English sources

It might be argued that in recommending the convening at Philadelphia and in transmitting the Convention's plan to the states (albeit without endorsement), the Congress had been guilty of a striking act of self-denigration.

Blackett, who also fined Ashton £500, equated hair-pulling with spitting, explaining: "If you pull somebody by the hair there is an element of denigration and this act was a catalyst for a mass brawl that resulted in two red cards and significantly affected the image of the game.

The process of denigration had begun.

"This is nothing but a campaign of denigration," Mr. Ndiaye said.

But the years of denigration made this an easy sell.

In 1990 the Daily Mirror launched a campaign of denigration against Scargill and Heathfield.

Centuries of denigration have often made the descendants reluctant to share their story, he said.

But an egoist would be unnerved by the rising chorus of denigration.

Is that leading us, right now, too far in the direction of denigration?

But that's hardly the kind of denigration that deserves censorship.

Loussikian's article displayed all four tell-tale signs of being part of a campaign of denigration (Martin 2016b).