Sentence examples for deprecating from inspiring English sources
The word 'deprecating' is correct and usable in written English
It is an adjective that means to express disdain (or disapproval) for oneself or something else. Example sentence: She spoke with a deprecating tone, as if she didn't feel worthy of the praise.
verb
Present participle of deprecate
In deprecating the other I deprecate myself.
The sexual division of infant care gives boys, who must learn their masculine identity by separating from their mother and the feminine, a motive for deprecating, as well as dominating, women.
Indeed, Burke can be found, sometimes, on rational grounds, deprecating all explicit appeal to speculation of whatever hue, if it had a disturbing effect: 'reason not at all oppose the ancient policy and practice of the empire, as a rampart against the speculations of innovators on both sides of the question' (italics added) (ATX, W & S 1981-, 1981-,).
Cultivating or practicing such concern for others involved deprecating oneself.
For this is the town of the talk a town of irrepressible boosterism somehow combined with deprecating and ironic Jewish humour, of endless argument and opining, of making deals, exchanging ideas and remaking lives through meetings that seem pure chance but are inevitable given the city's buzzing density.
A Mandarin-speaking former diplomat, in public he is an appealing character: erudite, eloquent, witty and even, on occasion, self-deprecating.
He said that Francis had used a dinner in the Casa Santa Martha on Wednesday night to give a self-deprecating thanks to the cardinals who had made him the church's head.
So what Labour needed, in 2007, was a leader to defend its record with self-deprecating charm.It also needed someone who could reassure the public about rising inflation and falling house prices.
He cracked some decent self-deprecating jokes, directly addressing public mockery of his looks, and of the ambition that led him to challenge his own older brother for the party leadership a year ago.
Even Roberto Goizueta, Coca-Cola's boss during much of the 1980s and 1990s, quickly shed his Cuban heritage in favour of a Yale education, an American passport, and a career at head office.Nor does the self-deprecating, rumpled Mr Daft look the part of a humourless, buttoned-down American boss.
That is not just for the obvious reason that both were schooled a little further up the Thames, at Eton College, and are therefore well-endowed with the self-deprecating charm which that institution famously instils.
