deprecation

She expected deprecation from him, but it did not come.

He raised a shoulder in deprecation, but let me lift his right hand to look.

I, too, would like to talk about a certain form of deprecation of some countries in Europe.

It could also have conveyed a graceful deprecation of the statement.

Gregory smiled in deprecation, and walked across the room, talking rapidly.

Then he looked from Jamie to me and smiled once more, in charming deprecation.

His friend and favorite tennis partner answered with a deprecation.

The opera stage simply does not have the means to convey such subtle deprecation.

"I'm a student of anthropology," said the Jesuit with deprecation.

"Oh, that is only my small, ugly daughter," the woman said with humble deprecation.

Sheila shot him a look warning against any further deprecation of the man she had worked under for fifteen years.

It created a bonus deprecation for the kind of large purchases made by small businesses.

Roy held his hands out again in a gesture of puzzlement and deprecation.

Joe said, in deprecation, "It won't take them long to find that."

He paused and added in deprecation, "I've got a suspicion that the rest of my life is going to be a busy day."

The big brown hands caressed his flanks, the wide mouth turned down in deprecation.

There can be no genuine deprecation of the present with- out the assured hope of a better future.

He pursued his theme, however, without noticing my deprecation.

Prior to its deprecation, the Type of Service field was defined as follows.

This is effectively a deprecation of the Quit command.

Behind her, the sharp-faced man shrugged in self- deprecation and grinned.

The Governor pursed his lips in deprecation, lifting one brow.

Depriving a shock jock of deprecation is an outrage against his human rights.

"I'm just coming into my own with my little hook," he put it, in soft deprecation.