Example sentences for: disparaging

How can you use “disparaging” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The delightful and certainly disparaging canard also occurred to me, but I had already decided to limit my quest to personal epithets.

  • The OED2e labels grockle as dialect and slang, of uncertain origin , and mildly disparaging , as well as associating it especially with southwest England.

  • Mr Rivers has emphasized to me that the word was not then used in a disparaging way, but more as a kind of professional in-joke, with about the same force as the now universal punter client, customer, part of the verbal comaraderie of a lively band of young workers.

  • USAT reefers, and the other papers run inside, Major League Baseball's decision that John Rocker must undergo psychological testing before it decides whether or not to discipline him for his recent disparaging remarks about gays and minorities.

  • [He] was often critical or cutting in his remarks when things weren't just right--either about the house or my clothes, for example, which left lots of room for disparaging remarks."


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