disparage
Example Sentences
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In the letter terminating Pelley's contract on Tuesday, Bilton accused him of hijacking the staff meeting to disparage Bilton, his qualificatons and intentions with "remarkable incivility and contempt".
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
“At no point in time did I mean, or was it my intent, to disparage a jury,” Connolly said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
“I took all of his commentary to be very, very careful not to disparage any person on the court or elsewhere,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Spielberg, for his part, was careful not to disparage streaming.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
This caused perhaps the most publicized dissent against the Lazarus woodpecker, with op-ed pieces running weekly in the paper to disparage John Barling and his mob of birdwatcher friends.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
Vocabulary lists containing disparage
The Bill of Rights
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Grade 11, List 2
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All About That Baseless: Bad-Faith Accusations
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