Exempel på deprecation

• He held up his hand in scornful deprecation.

• She made a noise somewhere between deprecation and encouragement.

• He raised his eyes in deprecation of the surroundings.

• "I am a rural peasant," he added with habitual deprecation.

• There is no reason for national deprecation.

• "I paint a bit for fun," she said, with a grimace of deprecation for the unsatisfactory results.

• He mentioned something about local authorities in terms of deprecation.

• Does your deprecation of questions, both oral and written, relating to specific constituencies extend to early-day motions?

• I call them "partisan" without any sense of deprecation because politics is about parties and about partisan views.

• I put that to those who are so constant in their deprecation of commercial honesty as practised in this country.

• I cannot see why there should be so much deprecation of a private discussion on this matter.

• The suggestion is that, provided replacement does take place—and only if it takes place—much more adequate deprecation allowances should be given.

• Almost all the best of our newspapers when they allude to these sports do so with deprecation.

• I was glad to hear his general deprecation, if not condemnation, of some of the propaganda which has undoubtedly been put out over the past few years by the industry.

• I do not recollect that when his party increased the whisky duty, we heard a single word such as he used to-night in deprecation of this proceeding.

• Self deprecation is not a quality prevalent today.

• Some of the earlier ones may be deprecated in favor of newer ones, although such deprecation is voluntary.