denigrate

Example Sentences

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He asserted that to denigrate them or their work because their vision was yet to be realized was a “slander upon their memory.”

From Seattle Times

In March, a new website popped up at the address “NoFranchiseTimes.com.” Its front page was devoted to an attack on what it called “editorial bias,” “denigrating the businesses that support their publication.”

From New York Times

What could be more anti-American than a company that cons millions of people into denigrating their democratic institutions?

From Seattle Times

Ms. Parker denigrated this “useful and necessary authority” by essentially imputing to the prosecuting attorney base and frivolous motives for seeking an indictment naming Mr. Trump as a person who has “offended the public.”

From Washington Post

Do not denigrate or diminish them, but instead applaud their efforts as you would all others.

From Washington Post