derogatory

Example Sentences

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Fake AI-generated interviews showed Southgate making derogatory remarks about his players.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

She added, “To its credit, the Government does not defend President Trump’s derogatory statements. No one rationally could.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

I grew up calling it elaichi with such disdain that those unfamiliar with its English translation would’ve thought it was something utterly derogatory.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

Donovan Louis Bazemore, portraying Auggie’s friend Jack, who in a moment of peer-pressure weakness made a viciously derogatory comment about Auggie, makes you feel his remorse and confusion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Soon they had enough derogatory information on Major Major to do whatever they wanted to with him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller