How To Use Disparaging In A Sentence

So, if you're ugly or funny-looking, you needn't worry that they'll make disparaging remarks.
He shouted something about the Disk Jockey being a "bunkie" (whatever that was) and made a disparaging remark about the Disk Jockey's costume (like he was in a position to criticize), before hurling a punch that had a lot in common with some express trains. The Sinister Six Combo
I am referring to a well-defined phenomenon with this term, which as such carries no disparaging connotation whatsoever.
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Latin American, especially a Mexican.
Sutherland's disparaging tone regarding the work of the valuer is both ill informed and unprofessional.

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According to the firm's site languagemonitor. com, 'cuddies' - the Hinglish word for ladies underwear or panties; jai ho - used as a term of praise in Hindi that became popular through the Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire'; as well as slumdog - a disparaging description of slum dwellers - are all in the race to becoming the millionth word in the English language. India eNews
Whereas our analogues on the right used to effuse over how W. was doing a helluva job even as the country went to hell, we mutter or post disparaging comments about how Obama has let us down. Mark Klempner: Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul
No one actually knows when sledging started, but since time immemorial disparaging remarks have been part of the sport in general - and cricket in particular.
So, if you're ugly or funny-looking, you needn't worry that they'll make disparaging remarks.
The marquis gave his friend a disparaging look and left the lodgings without another word.
Conservative columnists and pundits are competing to see who can say the pithiest disparaging thing about the fast-fading star from Alaska. Gerald McEntee: Questioning Sarah Palin
That's why I am frequently called on to referee the All-Female Poetry Slams that are held around New England as fund-raisers for what A.J. Liebling disparagingly referred to as “the quarterlies”, the high-brow, low-revenue publications that pluck drops of verse from the torrent of poetry that is showered on them, providing them with a brief, mayfly-length existence, before they are recycled at one of the region's many picturesque do-it-yourself town dumps. The Sylvia Plath Foreclosure Sale
No one spoke disparagingly of her father in her hearing.
Expenses necessary for the manufacturing of advanced batteriesThis is not an exercise in disparaging said projects, but just a reminder of where the arts stand in the priorities of our elected representatives. Archive 2009-01-01
As a pair of cyber geeks, we're used to stunning women being disparaging about us. The Sun
Only once did I hear a soldier make a disparaging remark (young and stupid, he referred to the undernourished locals as "the skinnies").
The Minister was alleged to have made disparaging remarks about the rest of the Cabinet.
I'd make snide remarks to him, snub him, give him disparaging looks and he usually responded by ignoring my bad behavior and avoiding me.
If we're all such big fans and so disparaging of certain sequels and writers and directors "blahblah" - Why not grow a backbone, ***** convention and make an alternative "Aliens/A3/A4" The material we have to work with here is GOLD, so someone minted a dodgy coin ... mint another one! Sigourney Weaver And Ridley Scott To Team Up For Alien-Less ‘Alien’ Sequel? » MTV Movies Blog
You don't have to be critical or disparaging. The Sun
Do not confront anyone who is making disparaging or demeaning remarks or exhibiting threatening behavior
disparaging remarks about the new house
So in disparaging motherhood you disparage women, full stop. It’s My Motherhood, And I’ll Celebrate It If I Want To | Her Bad Mother
There is more than a tinge of sexism to the disparaging treatment of romantic novelists.
Miss Willerton, in fact, bears more than a passing resemblance to the dreaded penwomen O'Connor would write so disparagingly about in later years.
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He is equally disparaging about the England selection process. Times, Sunday Times
The Minister was alleged to have made disparaging remarks about the rest of the Cabinet.
It's far easier to find examples of Labour politicians saying disparaging things about him. Times, Sunday Times
His career remains shrouded by polemicists' disparaging depictions of him.
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When I first coined the term “nuke porn” I was mostly disparaging this genre of nuclear thriller, caricaturing it as “the finger on the trigger, bringing the trembling world to the brink of a shattering climax.” How the End Begins
Strangely enough, in the novel Have Space-Suit, Will Travel, Robert Heinlein used the term beetle tracking to describe the sort of typically un-serious courses that the protagonist was expected to take in high school; Heinlein was just as disparaging of the same sort of courses encountered in the typical American college campus. A master’s degree in Beatles studies.
We've all heard disparaging comments about that profession and jokes.
Reynolds gave his approval, but John Constable was disparaging about their aesthetic value.
Despite the oft disparaging remarks about wives, we are of course a lovely bunch.
Even those who do not condemn democracy out of hand have often contrived more subtle ways of disparaging it.
I don't want to say anything disparaging.
Members of a second broad, intermediate category are labeled mestizos, cholos (a disparaging term), or nonindigenous.
That was when his interest in Walsh was first piqued by a disparaging throwaway remark slung across the kitchen table by his mother.
Our out-of-control munchkin didn't all anyone a" schmock "or other disparaging names. Undefined
In the first place, because Mawley was so antipathetical to me, that I dearly loved to combat his assertions; and, secondly, on account of his disparaging my beau ideal of all that is grand and good in a writer and in man. She and I, Volume 1
For years there were always disparaging remarks about the fact that Rangers had won another title.
He has an edge and has to restrain himself from being nasty, sarcastic and disparaging about people. The Sun
My esteemed opponent and Islamic blogger Mr. Ghazi recently made comment about me (a bit disparaging, I'm afraid) at a pro-Jihad website called 'al-Fikrah' (aka AFN). Pedestrian Infidel
Arthur returned and gave his brother a disparaging look.
Even with favorable items they would usually add some disparaging comments.
This disparaging is like burying our gold – all that is precious: our homes, our children, our environment, our soldiers – is that what we want for another 8 years? Ferraro suggests she may not vote for Obama
She didn't mean to be disparaging, which only made me feel worse.
Like most red-blooded males, I used to take a fairly cautious (okay, an occasionally disparaging) view of spas and health farms in general.
The term ‘airport novel’ is now used rather disparagingly, many claiming the genre is a front for smut, sleaze and shop-soiled erotica.
The first time we met he was saying disparaging things about writers and how lazy they were. The Other Side of Me
And villagers walking past gave the gathering a wide berth, and spat in disgust with disparaging comments.
Whilst Mark has chosen celebrity mania as a context for the story, he is not totally disparaging of its role in society.
He makes no disparaging comments about religion (of the kind that are sadly too common in the writings of other contemporary scientific storytellers). Christianity Today
Mitton suggested an advance, to which Hawking smiled and made a faintly disparaging reply.
She glanced round with disparaging black eyes as she shovelled tea-leaves. IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE
All this having been true to Burbank, if I caught his thought correctly, the great scientist's tolerant, yet withal inflexible, attitude toward those who were disparaging and excoriating him is entirely understandable.
She looked almost demure, she thought disparagingly, glaring at her reflection as if her dilemma were all the mirror's fault.
She made some disparaging remarks about the royal family.
Monks promoted the cult of their own saints and could write disparagingly of others.
How else can you explain insinuations that Obama is secretly a Muslim coming from the same general directions as complaints that he is prejudiced against Muslims (apparently one of his more recent pastors said something disparaging about Islam and Hannity and co. jumped on it)? Matthew Yglesias » The Conservative Terror Timeline
Sure, nobody broke out a pair of glittery assless chaps, but one contestant tried to make Christina go "punky" - and his fabric-light look led to many a disparaging Idolator
I'd make snide remarks to him, snub him, give him disparaging looks and he usually responded by ignoring my bad behavior and avoiding me.
The problem would be as much the risk of disparaging the concept of Tibet as it would be a risk of offending China.
Without speaking disparagingly of the city of Ottawa, we all know that the government of our country have expended a considerable amount of money in beautifying the city, the driveway and other things having been constructed by reason of it being the Capital of our noble Dominion. Good Citizenship
Used as a disparaging term for a Jew.
It's a term that can be used self-referentially with pride or disparagingly about others. Times, Sunday Times
Starting her own record label with the money she's gotten in a divorce settlement from her ex-husband Abe, Anna is disparagingly called a ‘housewife’ by her wormy former brother-in-law Ben.
The historian posted disparaging reviews of books by rivals on Amazon, using the alias "historian" - and thus making him guilty of what's known as The Guardian World News
He is equally disparaging about the England selection process. Times, Sunday Times
MSNBC anchorette, Contessa Brewer, interviewed California, talk show host, John Ziegler regarding an interview he did with Palin and her reaction, or lack of a reaction, regarding disparaging comments Letterman man towards Palin and her teenage daughter. Contessa Brewer, “a common sense thinker”? - Crippy’s blog - RedState
For years there were always disparaging remarks about the fact that Rangers had won another title.
He was often as disparaging about the results as he was in his restaurant column. Times, Sunday Times
These tongue-in-cheek observations are not intended to be disparaging.
Without disparaging our own efforts, we must pay a tribute to the achievement of the French yperite producing and filling factories. The riddle of the Rhine, chemical strategy in peace and war ...
It was a general ruling that no member of Parliament was entitled to make disparaging remarks about any other member.
The demise of the smart police tunic was not welcomed in favour of what became known disparagingly as the ‘Matalan’ fleece jacket.
He has an edge and has to restrain himself from being nasty, sarcastic and disparaging about people. The Sun
So the platform suddenly filled with around 700 prime cuts of jailbait, jostling and pouting, preening and throwing disparaging glances and mumbled bitchy comments, at anyone who didn't in their opinion, look as good as them.
To my way of thinking - and with all due respect to Administrator Griffin - disparaging a finding in the independent review panel's report as an" urban legend "doesn't do much to encourage that needed openness ... especially when the chair of that same independent panel is prepared to testify that the finding is based on voluntary interviews with eyewitnesses to the incidents. Dysfunctional Communications At NASA - NASA Watch
It makes me uncomfortable to read a rather disparaging presentation of Jewish diaspora.
One video showed Bushell looking disparagingly at another house and saying how filthy it was and how much of a midden it was, a phrase he used repeatedly.
If she wishes to repeatedly use disparaging terminology, repeatedly suggest ideological blindness, and ideologically driven attempts to control information then I will inform her that her behaviour is the exact opposite of what this list requires of guests. A decent, popular article on intelligent design
these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'
Jack has been acquitted of manslaughter and delightedly regales his girlfriend Maggie and their neighbours Lynne and Dennis with a disparaging account of the trial.
And, in their laddish way, they will make lewd and disparaging remarks and innuendos.
But I digress, the Buddha bar which you are so disparaging is made with Apricot Seed Powder. New Exfoliants at Bramble Berry!
A heckler is a person who shouts an uninvited comment, usually disparaging, at a performance or event, or interrupting set-piece speeches, for example at a political meeting. One Night Only Star Romances Some Unknown
It's far easier to find examples of Labour politicians saying disparaging things about him. Times, Sunday Times
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Latin American, especially a Mexican.
Disparaging exchanges between batters and plate umpires have always been part of baseball.
The Minister was alleged to have made disparaging remarks about the rest of the Cabinet.
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LNN: Perhaps this questions is best asked off the record, and I don't want to sound too disparaging if any tender sensibilities are on the line, but I can't help but recognize the title image from your "Northern Lights" release is a mutation from a popular Mormon painting depicting the arrival of an extra terrestrial being from the planet Kolob to the American continent. LNN interviews Casey Rae-Hunter on his new album : The Lovecraft News Network
One of the blogs was called “sarkodead”, a reference to the interior minister and presidential contender, Nicholas Sarkozy, who referred to the rioters in disparaging terms and has been singled out for criticism by many French bloggers. The French bloggers « BuzzMachine
He makes no disparaging comments about religion (of the kind that are sadly too common in the writings of other contemporary scientific storytellers). Christianity Today
As a pair of cyber geeks, we're used to stunning women being disparaging about us. The Sun
He speaks in a booming voice and is insultingly deferential or disparaging towards women.
Any overt public criticism or disparaging remarks can result in a loss of face and cause extreme embarrassment.
Venezuela and Mexico are recalling their ambassadors to each other's countries over disparaging remarks about the Mexican president from the president of Venezuela.
Tell me, Moisheh, how many "Red Necked Americans" spewing anti-semitic filth have you encountered in your town or travels that are of sufficient number to warrant your disparaging an entire substrata of U.S. culture so heedlessly. Page 2
I don't know about Bernice's "Plaintalker" or Maria's "Crescent Times", but every time something disparaging is said about Plainfield Today, the blog's stats go off the chart. Of Liberace and potshots at bloggers
Rather than disparaging the familiarity of such stories, we should celebrate the fact these great men exist.
This prohibition forbids speaking or acting in a disparagingly way toward a fellow Jew or non-Jew.
The first time we met he was saying disparaging things about writers and how lazy they were. The Other Side of Me
I notice that Republicans are trying to save average Americans from what they describe as the horrors of government-run healthcare and all the rest of the disparaging things they ascribe to 'Obamacare'. Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [150] -- A Fortean Week
I formed the impression that my husband was not close to his relatives, given the disparaging way he spoke about them.
He wrote a viciously disparaging blog post about the company's rejection of a dictionary app.
Madame Delacour's health was the subject of many disparaging remarks, in the course of which Mildred called into question the legitimacy of one of her children, and the honourability of Darres as a card-player. Celibates
He even worked in a few disparaging remarks about the Pakistani team.
Any overt public criticism or disparaging remarks can result in a loss of face and cause extreme embarrassment.
I am on nodding terms with a meditative turncock who lingers in one of them, and whom I suspect of a turn for poetry; the rather as he looks out of temper when he gives the fire-plug a disparaging wrench with that large tuning-fork of his which would wear out the shoulder of his coat, but for a precautionary piece of inlaid leather. The Uncommercial Traveller
He has a few too many disparaging references to ‘country yokels,’ and some of his remarks about women are needlessly chauvinistic.
York District Sports Council does not further the aims or benefits of community sport by disparaging this campaign, nor do they have the authority to overturn a democratic decision made two and a half years ago.
The word was apparently coined in the 1790s by David's students, wittily combining rocaille and barocco, to refer disparagingly to the taste fashionable under Louis XV.
A lot of people in our profession are very disparaging about amateur dramatics, but I think it is absolutely essential.
This was manifested by disparaging remarks, passive-aggressive behaviour, malicious gossip about me, passing off of ideas generated by me as his own and frequent use of abusive language to myself and others around him.
The term banana republic is often used in a disparaging sense; it suggests an unstable government. Banana republics
This disparaging opinion was hardly shared by hundreds of other colonists who eagerly converted the pigs into flitches of Bacon which they judged ‘very good.’
She looked almost demure, she thought disparagingly, glaring at her reflection as if her dilemma were all the mirror's fault.
So initially Curry et disciples is "That is so disparaging! huff huff" Curry's turnaround is to rename ipodder. org into indiepodder. org: His argument is that "Indie" Music is cooler than being called "Pop" Music (remember the MTV background) - Kindof like todays 14 year olds calling (seriously) Green Day "Punk" Rock, when Punk to most people (music wise) is Sex Pistols and actually harder than Sex Pistols. NewYorkTimes go Indie Podcast Hip
It stated that no advocate would be permitted to make disparaging and derogatory remarks against the presiding judge.
First, disparaging reference to a teacher's advanced age is not at all consistent with Tibetan cultural norms.
One morning, the police showed up with scissors and cut out a disparaging article about the Vietnamese government.
You will note that I have not said one disparaging thing about British food or its nutritional value.
He was often as disparaging about the results as he was in his restaurant column. Times, Sunday Times
The most disparaging effect of the high cost is on students with lower socioeconomic status.
Meanwhile, he was openly disparaging of Jews, and an unapologetic racist with respect to the slaves and freedmen he encountered.
Today I shall try to be on the alert not to speak an untruth, not to gossip or tattletale, and not to speak disparagingly about another person.
The Minister was alleged to have made disparaging remarks about the rest of the Cabinet.
She looked at the _riata_ and sniffed it disparagingly; she pawed some pebbles that were near me tentatively with her small hoof; she started back with a Robinson-Crusoe-like horror of my footprints in the wet gully, but my actual personal presence she ignored. Short Stories of Various Types
Just as I was disparaging Cristian Guzman, he ripped a double down the third-base line, then little Augie Ojeda singled him home.
Then I heard them making slightly disparaging remarks about how they would be better at running than us.

How To Use Disparaging In A Sentence

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